Being pleased with ourselves is a temptation all Rhinos face. We are so often insightful in our assessments of one another and situations; no wonder We bask in our own glow.
We try to stop short of Smugness. We have to be “sensitive”. Limited Smirking.
Or Nature will serve Us Rhinos a Humble Pie which will be no joke to choke down. Nature is not tolerant of Self-Importance.
All critters have emotional lives, states of mind in response to dealings here and there. Rhinos are just following the dictates of Nature in feeling upset from time to time.
The hard part to remember, at least for Rhinos, is that We don’t have to Do anything with these reactions. We may recognize them, but We have the option to let it go at that.
Or not.
Rhinos are a Bright Side Bunch if there ever was one. Give Us something to embrace and We do our darnedest, whatever the odds.
Tonight is the Full Moon, and this one bears the title ‘Snow Moon’, a pretty name indeed.
Where We Rhinos live, it almost never snows. But We eagerly wait on Events, just in case this is Blizzard Weather. Sort of exciting, really.
Note to Self: Whatever. Rhinos are plagued with ideas, impressions, and ramifications, all stimulating our brains and innards. We simply have too much going on, thinking-wise.
The “Note to Self” idea is endearing, but there are problems. Rhinos do not write. We have no place to store a note until We get around to it. We would be unlikely to ever read it, even if We could; We’d forget We’d writ it.
Or We could set aside a Significant Rock, thinking, “When We see that rock, analyze Gravitational Sincerity”. But what would actually happen would be, We’d see the rock and think, “Rock”. And press on.
Smell is the Rhino primary key to functioning. Having noses of such elaborate sensitivity and discernment is mostly great. We don’t show off, but We can sniff like nobody’s business. We are used to sorting one aroma from another, as the Wild is made up of thousands of different whiffs, each bearing mucho info.
That does not mean that every breeze is delightful.
Rhinos have our own version of “Yuck”, and need it.
Today is National Chop Sticks Day. Chop Sticks are those skinny sticks you eat with. Rhinos are not good with these utensils, mostly because they don’t pick up enough on a single swipe. We are not Dainty Diners.
Today also seems a good time for YIR to salute Ms. Euphemia Amelia Nightingale Allen, who wrote the composition for piano popularly known as Chop Sticks. That was in 1877, when she was 16 years old. It was Ms. Allen’s first and last published work.
Few Rhinos excel at the piano, mostly because the keys are too narrow. There may be other limitations, but one is all it takes..
The fine folk of Massachusetts became the sixth state of the USA in 1788, today. A good thing for all concerned.
Massachusetts is known as a Party State, always ready for a good time, and popular with Rhinos then as now. Possibly the most famous get-together was the Boston Tea Party of 1773, remembered fondly by the locals. Also Historians.
Good Times make a lasting impression, at least, that’s how We see it. Hail, Massachusettsians, one and all!
Rhinos have many Natural Advantages. One of them is our ability to Appreciate and Admire things without any idea of owning them.
Once We get a firm hold on the Idea and Essence of a thing, it is with Us always.
So Rhinos are spared the need of hat boxes. Now if that isn’t a Natural Advantage, what is?!?
Rhino are not only Spontaneous, Energetic, and Cheery. We are Happening.
Party Animals. We not only enjoy the Party, We ARE the Party.
Not every truth is a pleasant one, nor is every critter’s mindset a winner. Rhinos are not faultless or always delightful to live with.
What Rhinos notice is that each of Us nurtures our own Tendencies, be they Productive or Not.
And, as might be expected, each Rhino gets the harvest of the Effort.
Your Inner Rhino 