Keeping on Task

6-23 Org yin-yang

The Yin-Yang of Organization probably sounds like 1) Organized stuff and 2) others, Not So Organized. Understandable, if you assume it matters one way or the other.

What We figure is, everything We need to do had better get done, so the order doesn’t count for much. Better to just plow into the day, and take care of things as they pop up. They always do pop up, ask Anybody.

That is why our version of Organization doesn’t bother to put things onto the graphs and slots and boxes; We don’t trifle with particulars. We just press on, and attend to stuff as best We can.

What’s with those little arrows anyway, right? Chart, Schmart.

Perfect Parents

6-21-2015 PaterFamilias

Rhinos like to think of our fathers as ideal in every way. For Us, We can make up what he was like, since We are all raised by our mothers. That’s our system, take it or leave it. So Dad is who We pretend he was.

We have overheard other critters (and Readers) mention specific reservations about their parents, where their folks failed and how perverse it all was.

Rhinos are naïve that way. But We do wonder how anybody can think a parent ruined things on purpose.

True, some parents are not at their best a lot of the time. But no matter what, whoever woke up and thought, “I know, today I’ll screw up Parenthood”?

BULLETT for entries

Excess Luggage

6-14 Grudge

R Mothers all tell their tots, carrying a Grudge is no good. It’s exhausting and grumpy-making. Nursing the Grudge accomplishes nothing; they just grow and become ever more demanding. AND, the Grudge makes food bitter. Talk about an unacceptable situation!

Worst, it makes the Grudge-Bearer feel put-upon, and that is just NotRhino. Let’s move onto the part where We Say what needs Saying and Do what needs Doing. And then perfect our Samba Footwork, which could use the attention, let’s face it.

a Sense of Proportion

6-13 comprehension

We have mentioned before that Rhino skills with numbers are limited, practically non-existent. We are OK with the more-versus-less ideas, but nailing down the ‘how much’ seems unnatural to Us. While nailing, the ‘facts’ are bound to change anyway.

Today’s focus is on the equation, scientifically presented on the board; We wish to demonstrate that what We know altogether at any given moment is minuscule in proportion to what there is to know, wherever it is lurking.

Undaunted by our limitations, We press on. Why not?

In one ear and out the other…

6-10 Streams

Our subject today is Streams of Consciousness. This somewhat tortured illustration shows how it works, give or take. Sometimes We think our ideas come from Inside, sometimes Outside, and both ways We are right. The border line between Inside and Outside is blurry. Where do We leave off and the Rest of Everything commence?

We would like to point out that each of Us makes a contribution to the Outside, like it or not: things come down the Cosmic Streams of Consciousness, process themselves inside Us, and then, enhanced, go on their way. Given the preoccupations inside our heads a lot of the time, it might clarify why things are in such a bizarre state so often. Who can define an enhancement?

Are Rhinos the movers-and-shakers of the Butterfly Effect? Ponder that one, if you please.

To seem, or not to seem…

6-8 !Hydrant

Observe the image: you see a fire hydrant, a post box, and a telephone pole, Right? Well actually, no, Wrong!

Millenia of application have made Rhinos into Master Mimics, able to capture the essence of many forms. We can ‘appear’ as a grand piano or a Rhododendron, whatever. How We do it has become innate, so We are unable to explain it for you, sad to say.

But you see how effective We are at it. We ourselves are astounded; what can your inner rhino not achieve?!

(The Rhino is on the left, pretending to be a hydrant.)

Location, Location, Location

6-7 OnTheGo!

We are an on-the-go species, We Rhinos. We have been to a lot of places, done a lot of things when We got there, and then moved along yet again, sooner or later. Some excursions last a month, others last 4 million years. We are presently residing in Asia and Africa, but those locales are not of long standing really. In Africa We only got there 10 million years ago (who’s counting?), and then diversified, familial-wise, that is.

Wanderlust is a part of the package, but it is not a constant factor for each and every one of Us. For some of Us the Nomad Volume is cranked up high, for others it is just a background noise. Some family groups are home bodies, others just gotta get out of that place, if it’s the last thing they ever do, as it were.

No solution to location is superior to another. Whatever does the trick does the trick.

Val-de-Ri, Val-de-Rah, Val-de-Rah ha ha ha ha ha, etc.

No Big Deal

6-2 CourtCard
Rhino or Reader, We each play with the cards We get dealt, any way you slice it. What other option is there, right?

That said, We find that the best idea is to make a house of cards, then stamp on the ground. Good fun. Go Boom. Assuming you have cards, which is more likely than We having cards.

Crazy Eights is no good; We can’t count.

Loners

5-29 We-ness!

None of Us is ever alone. We might look like We are alone, but no.

We have our immediate family, the other Rhinos in the area, each doing whatever seems needful at the time.

We have all the other R family members, all over the place, all backing Us up, cheering Us on. Enjoying Us.

And We have all the Rhinos that have gone before Us, 55 millions years worth, all rejoicing in Us today.

Each of Us is a Crowd. All Partying. Inside.

 

Glimpsing

5-29 PkaBoo

Peek-a-Boo is definitely a Rhino invention, whatever you may have heard to the contrary. Ancient skills are involved in Peek-a-Boo, enriching Rhino Life from the cradle to the grave.

One of the aspects skillfully rendered here is the issue of Peripheral Vision, the ability to look more ways than one. Peripheral vision is  where most of our most Brilliant Insights present themselves, fleetingly Peeking Out to pique our interest. Teasing and enticing, those Brilliant Ideas. Peek-a-Boo!

If We were not trained up to pay attention, to grasp these esoteric what-have-yous, We would probably not be the species We are today. Receptive: That’s Us.