Words have their uses, but Silence has its uses too. Not that the World needs to be silent, but often We Rhinos need to be silent.
We find words limiting. However apt a word may be, it ignores so many aspects of a perception. If We don’t label an Experience, We actually have the Experience.
We prefer things that way, often.
Today We all celebrate the 1786 birthday of H. Wilhelm Grimm. He and his brother Jacob made a big contribution to the recording of Folk Tales, many of which are familiar, at least with Us Rhinos.
The Grimms were interested in Language and started an ambitious dictionary of German, though they got as far as ‘F’ before they died.
We don’t know if making a dictionary can have that effect, but don’t say YIR did not give fair warning.
It’s pretty amazing how Nature programs Us Rhinos, not just for Today, but over our Lifetimes. All sorts of timing devices to inform Us and transform Us. Hour by hour, year by year. So many systems, all inside each given Rhino. Lots more than three, We can tell you.
Boggles the mind, really. Or it would if all these Tickers had anything to do with our Conscious Minds, which they don’t. They just regulate Us and get on with their business. In there flipping switches, usually at the Very Best Moment.
We are impressed, believe Us. Nature; it’s hard to beat!
Growing up is a unique process. Each Rhino must follow an individual path forward. Each of Us sees that path our own way. No map, just a journey.
What is interesting about this process is how clearly We see the beginning, and how We know so little of where that path will take Us. Where things will lead, and what will occur along the way. All of that is masked from Us.
In some ways, this is true of any given day; We step forward, but cannot assess what is ahead.
We can only speak to our Rhino Situation, though We suspect We are not alone in our focus on ourselves. Each Rhino has a modest Domain in which We rule unquestioned. This space is not Real Estate, but a cranial space allotted for Individual Appreciation.
Happily, this place is Isolated, free from Criticism or Complaint, established by tossing Barriers of Will Power and Egocentricity.
We find it best to limit our visits, so We don’t get too Eccentric. The party is always “Come as you are”.
Mishaps come in many sizes and shapes, and each Mishap has a Recuperation attached to it. Those also come in a variety of sizes and shapes.
Getting reassembled takes Time, and who wants to spend it mending? When a Rhino is the Patient, it is not easy to be Patient.
In the Wild, the only comfort is considering that things could be Much Worse.
At different times in Rhino History the debate about Understanding has gotten pretty intense. Do Rhinos understand? Can Rhinos Understand? How would-could-should We establish a meaningful answer to the Question? Many Theories and precious few Answers.
What We Rhinos do know is that the process of figuring it out is exhausting, or perhaps stimulating, if you don’t care about the Answer. Or lose your temper.
In the interests of Sanity, We try to stay calm, and decide to Understand more Tomorrow, or at the very least, Soon.
Since Rhinos don’t own stuff, the only rewards We can offer another critter, Rhino or not, are Consideration and Encouragement.
“They got their just deserts” usually means some appropriate punishment, though sometimes it means reward. So, We assume We need to Earn decent treatment? Our goal is to gratify somebody else? Not Rhino, No thank you, neither today or tomorrow. No. As in, No. Like Never, or even more seldom.
Rhinos prefer to dole out Kindness and Respect as the normal social transaction, day to day, Everyone to Every Other One. Everybody wins.
Rhinos may make Effervescent Socialites, but We also make dynamic Party Poopers.
Our policy is: If you feel a PP Fit coming on, Stay Home.
Some Readers believe that Rhinos are stately and serene, immersed in elegant, intricate thought patterns, dissecting Reality. Such Readers are insightful.
But Rambunctiousness is an alternative part of every Rhino’s repertoire of moods and capacities.
We like to think that We Rambunct with the best of ’em.
Your Inner Rhino 