Today’s Question: Is Bigger Better? Or, is Bigger just Bigger? Or is Better any Good anyway?
Here at Your Inner Rhino, the only answer We have come up with is “Maybe and Maybe Not.”
We hope this analysis has been helpful to our Readers.
Category Archives: R Mindset
Invisible Friends
There is a Conservative School of Rhino Thought that proposes that each RTot is born with an invisible identical twin Self. This idea explains why RTots never seem lonely; each has a playmate that knows that Tot every whichaway. Comforting and stimulating companionship.
The Liberal School of Rhino Thought proposes that each RTot is born with dozens of invisible twin Selves.
If We Rhinos better understood how numbers work, We would wonder if both schools might be right?
Soon, Sooner, Soonest
Whereas Rhinos are done doing whatever it was and investigating that, there is always a thrill about what’s coming. Assumptions are mostly a waste of time, since We understand only a fraction of the was-and-will-be, on our best days.
So We enjoy the titillation of the Anticipation, before the Revelation arrives. Yeehaw, is what We say!
Notice Rhinos do not mention Hope. We don’t pretend to know what scenario will serve Nature, so why clutter up the process? Getting all wrapped up in Hope only invites disappointment. It’s like betting against ourselves.
Sincerely yours
Rhinos are fans of Valentine’s Day, but We are never sure exactly when it occurs. So We just recall it, generally. A mental stance, as it were.
In case you do not practice this system, dear Reader, We just felt We should send a little reminder that We hold you in a tender place in our hearts, where We can cuddle and appreciate you all the time.
Rhinos are affectionate, by Nature.
Deliberations
As you may have suspected, Rhinos arrive at new and astounding Conclusions more often than not, or oftener. What would be the point of all Rhinoid Cerebral Analysis if nothing got resolved? We wonder, yes We do.
But Asking Questions is lurking at the core of the discussion. How could We debate matters if We had no suspicion that the Alternative Ideas might have merit? And if so, how much?
Doubt makes Opinions doubtful, beyond a doubt. What an exasperating system!
Enjoying our Selves
Each of Us Rhinos has a bunch of Alter Egos, each one eccentric, all living in a jumble, each deciding when to step up and make itself known. How many?, you might ask. Well, it’s a bunch more than 3, so that’s the non-counting critter’s count.
Some of these Alter Egos are universal, standard issue for every Rhino. Others are spontaneous expressions of selfhood, individual and unique. We prefer to think of the percolating chaos inside Us as a sign of vitality.
Integration of character is not a Rhino strong point. Seems like a lot of effort for something that’s about to shift anyway.
Genetic Perversisms
We Rhinos are somewhat willful. We know. There is some sort of goldarn internal switch that makes Us ignore even the Very Best Advice.
And where does that VB Advice come from?, you might ask. Right! Right inside our own brains, or wherever. It’s not like We don’t know better, it’s just that We don’t listen to our own thinkings. Deplorable, that’s what it is.
Perhaps We’ll evolve. Hmmm?
Conventional Wisdom
The Past is always lurking around, being Helpful. 50 million years of accumulated RhinoWisdom must have something to recommend it, right? Certainly, but…
But the Past can also be stultifying, a strangulation of RhinoDynamics. Tradition should have its due, but that Excelsior Spirit is built into Us Rhinos.
When We feel the Tarantella, We get the tambourine, dammit!
RhinoYore
Rhinos are good with Yesterday. We recall scents, sounds, sensations, sights, and scenarios. However, We don’t cherish those impressions for long, nor do We fret with accuracy. The day before Yesterday is mostly blurry, and the day before that is history.
Yesterday fits together in an intricate way. We have memories that appealed, those that made little difference, gaps where an idea might have been, some emo-tinted bits, others enhanced, and a few expunged as distasteful . The daily business items tend to fade instantly. We will see those parts again Tomorrow.
When a critter is as hyper-sensitive as We, there is limited storage room for Nostalgia. Rhinos are about Today.
Two Thoughts
Thought A: No two Rhinos are assembled the same way, though We all get the same basic package. Assess the arrangement of the parts, and We are each unique. The hows and whys are hazy, but the outcome is clear; every one of Us brings individual things to the table. Happy thought.
Thought B: Perhaps this concept applies to every living thing. Happy thought #2.
Your Inner Rhino 