As you Readers know, Rhinos do not actually get dressed, ever. We own nothing, so it is an easy choice.
Still, We think that if a slipcover looks good on a sofa, why not try it out as a wardrobe choice? Obviously, it has a lot to recommend it, not only aesthetically, but practically.
Just a suggestion, but take a look at your shower curtains and weigh the possibilities.
Nature is full of surprise participants, in all sorts of sizes, with all sorts of destinies.
Spring accounts for many new players, though We Rhinos don’t pretend to know exactly what’s happening. It doesn’t require much understanding from Us; We just hold on and things clarify themselves, sooner or later.
All a Big Miracle.
Deceiving. Some Readers may think that Rhinos are descendants of the dinosaur Triceratops, probably because of the horns. This is not so. Triceratops must have been splendid, but no Rhino Records exist for them.
In our ramblings, Rhinos had seen plenty of big bones here and there, but imagine our surprise when the bones were figured out and strung together! Hello Triceratops, the most important dinosaur of all, in our humble opinion. Alas, they were extinct before Rhinos got going.
That horn similarity business is intriguing; Nature never scraps a brilliant design. Rhinos just happen to be the Big Winners this time around. Thanks, Nature.
(For more illuminating data, see Archive for January 13, 16, & 19 of 2015.)
Your Inner Rhino again recommends the Jelly Bean Diet, that unfailing favorite…
Rhinos don’t criticize lions for their diet. Why would We? Some critters are vegetarians, some are carnivores, and others scavenge. The point is always the same: What’s for dinner? No dinner, no tomorrow. So simple. Equal opportunity, equal hazard.
No critter decides what to eat. Nature has determined all the options for each critter.
Rhinos are wired to eat greenery only, or fruit on a good day. Beyond that, it’s a “no-thank-you-so-much”. Is there a problem here? Not with Rhinos there isn’t.
Rhinos are Nature’s philosophers; it’s just how We are made. (It may be due to our demi-Greek heritages.) Give Us a problem and We will mull it over, assuming it interests Us or We understand the question.
We do not bother to formalize our determinations however. We would be certain to change our conclusions sooner (likely) or later (less likely). Lack of documentation of our cogitations is a help, and saves wear and tear on the Environment.
Rhinos are Globally-Conscious if nothing else.
Rhinos have daily activities, all of which are self-explanatory to any living critter. We attend to those needs and let it go at that.
But there are Ideas that come a-creeping in when We are looking the other direction. And once an Idea gets going, it can go in about a zillion directions, each Idea spawning baby Ideas, putting rabbits to shame. Then Ideas start creating lists and charts and graphs, all celebrating the Big Idea, whatever that was.
Rhinos are not Idea Phobic. Or not entirely. Just much shadow of a doubt.
That’s your Inner Rhino at work! Each day, or every so often, each of Us Rhinos gets a fill-‘er-up of Rhinotude. We pause, and then, We get a Boost from Beyond, fair day or foul. Pretty marvelous, in more ways than one.
Attitude is Everything, and We got it!
Yesterday is a part of the Rhino Process; it got Us to Today. It’s nice if We learned something Yesterday, but sometimes learning nothing has its merits. What exactly We picked up Yesterday may be an element in a bigger picture, the coin that eventually drops. Possibly. Doubtless. TBA.
Who can say? Tomorrow may turn out not to be our issue at All.
Tomorrows do that sometimes.
Sometimes, out of the blue, a bizarre enterprise will suggest itself; We hadn’t thought about a particular project, and suddenly, it seems irresistible. Before We know it, We are in full swing. Exhilarating and sensational- a monumental sweepstakes kind of activity. Each step just seems to get better and better.
Visionary, that’s what!
But, there is a reason they call these temptations a Risky Business. They are risky.
Your Inner Rhino 