Adolescence is designed as a time when RYouth can experiment with various personalities, philosophies, facades, mindsets, fads and posturings. The majority are meaningless trials and errors.
Eventually, one or another concept will stick, though there is no guarantee that choice will stand the test of time.
So RMoms are told not to despair, but also not to get their hopes up.
In the Ego’s Cineplex, each of Us Rhinos is always the Featured Attraction. The show runs every minute of every day. Never a dull moment.
Stardom is heady stuff. The interesting feature of the discussion is that We are not only the Talent, but We are also the only Audience. That’s right! We also embody the primary Fan Club.
Less delightfully, We also have to function as Critic.
After a happy breakfast of greens, a Rhino will often sit and hum over topics of interest, such as limericks extolling the Wild, or mud, or root systems…
What is remarkable is how cogitation can anesthetize Us Rhinos to the most obvious of Situations. Clues to the left, clues to the right, but “none so deaf as those who will not hear”. Or sniff.
On the other hand, We can’t go without breakfast, right? Tricky, Life in the Wild.
John Bauer was a Swedish artist and illustrator. Mr. Bauer’s work speaks to Rhinos everywhere, evoking a world We have never visited in fact, but know all about in our inner recesses.
That is no mean trick.
Today was his birthday, but in 1882. A good day for Us to pay our respects.
Like sand dunes, reforming and shifting around, that’s how Rhinos see the moments of our lives. Like a zillion grains of sand.
Until We matured as a species, Rhinos assumed We had some control over those winds. Eventually We woke up, more or less.
Nature is always in charge, at least of everything natural.
No critter is here today who is not indebted to the efforts, both small and grand, mundane and extraordinary, of those who came before. It’s a pretty titanic idea to grasp.
There isn’t much more to say, other than
Thanks.
Why sacrifice Composure when the solution to many squabbles is always handy?
Just say Nothing. Rhinos use this cure-all frequently.
Thus We redefine Eloquence.
Given enough time there really will be The Final Word, the very last thing anybody says before All is Said and Done. What that word will be is a question which We Rhinos sometimes debate between more commanding topics.
We expect that Final Word may well be “woops”.
No worries, Your Inner Rhino will continue on its merry way, musing on Cosmic Questions for our foreseeable future.
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.
When a family lasts as long as Rhinos have, We go through a great many “looks”. No matter the infinite variables, Nature is calling the shots, and our job is to explore the opportunities presented. Rhinos are nothing if not savvy. (If We weren’t, this might be Your Inner Aardvark.com.)
Today We may glance back and chuckle, but it is a fond sort of guffaw. The “look” is never the issue. The issue is always RhinoHeart.
(see Oct. 20, 2014)
Your Inner Rhino 