Each Rhino has a sizable Corps of Impulses, each dictating the pace and imperatives of the area they supervise. No two rhythms are just the same, doubtless because the goals of each system are different. What your ear needs to function right is not the same as your knee or toenail. Each system has its own clock and each clock has a monitor. Impressive organization, huh? And no job interviews.
Nature is really on top of things.
Some Rhino youths don’t know when to can the comedy. Their side-splitting antics inspired Abominable Snowman tales.
We used to gussy up to amaze unwary travelers. To some, these charades seem hilarious, except to those who get surprised.
We have curtailed these activities for many years, but folk still see A. Snowmen occasionally. Poor creatures.
Breathing is very common in the Wild, as you might imagine. Happily, a Reader* has written in to YIR, asking about it.
Rhinos are not only accomplished at Breathing, but We need lots of Air, due to perpetual Ruminations and Scentographic Analysis. Our systems need ventilation. Air is good for that.
Rhinos don’t take Air for granted, that’s for sure. Very useful, Air. Calming, actually.
*You could too at <wes4747@gmail.com>, with questions or concerns.
No matter how many bits of information or how extensive the catalogs any Rhino keeps, Answers often seem inaccessible.
What is often helpful is recalling the Answer before We justify it. The Answer is there already; Inside, where it counts. We just have to acknowledge it.
Your Inner Rhino is not infallible, but pretty close.
Rhinos come by their warbling skills Naturally. We live lives awash in tonality and shimmering harmonies. Also, other sorts of harmonies.
FYI, some critters don’t. Seems sad really, but maybe they have knacks We lack.
Artistic Temperament comes in many forms for sure.
Every Rhino has Past Selves, and usually Future Selves. But the trick is: None of those versions are really Me right now.
All a Rhino can embrace is this moment, this brief passage of our lives.
It is a Good Realization and only gets better with Practice.
Today is Walt Whitman’s birthday, 1819. He was a moving spirit of independent thought and core value, derived from presence of mind and energetic decency.
His contribution to Americans’ idea of themselves is incalculable.
Thick skin, thin skin, Rhinos have both, depending on just where you poke Us. (Call Us thin-skinned if you like, We’d rather you didn’t poke Us, but some folks are slow learners.)
Not all R Family Members have the same composition and distribution of More and Less; different gangs, different surface detailing.
Rhinos are Dermatologically blessed, and We know it!
Rhinos are not only olfactoring fiends, all ears, on our toes, and vigilant; We are Vegetarians.
Also, We can read between the lines, which comes in mighty handy. Which is good, since We cannot read the lines themselves.
Marbles sometimes roll off on their own, each on its own Odyssey. But a little consideration often helps relocate them.
That’s one mercy.
Your Inner Rhino 