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Even as a rhinoceros, you are subject to the blues.  There will be times when your motors start to slow down.  You will lose interest in your projects and your energy level will drop to a dangerously low point.  Sitting around the house watching television and eating Danish pastry will sound very appealing to you, and you might even permit yourself to engage in such decadence.

Watch out!!  The cow disease, inertia, has entered your blood stream either by associating with cows, or you might have picked it up off a dirty toilet seat in some gas station you stopped at.  Now you are at a critical stage.  The inertia is capable of invading your whole body and reducing you to a bovine state… unless you can fight it with your indomitable rhinoceros spirit.

If you find yourself with a bad case of inertia, where it almost too much of a hassle to read this blog post, and there is no Doctor of Rhinocerology present, listen to me.  Do you actually want to be a cow?  Do you enjoy losing and lying around in your manure?  Is it your idea of fun to decay and putrefy like a pile of rubbish?  Cows are as low as you can get.  They are lower than whale droppings.  Do you want to go that low?

Or, do you want to be a rhinoceros exploding with energy, living a happy, useful, exciting and productive life?  Do you want the blood to pump through your body again and enrich all your cells and bring them back to life?  (No, this is not a Viagra advertisement.)  Do you want to live and try or do you want to quit and die?

If the idea of being a cow thoroughly disgusts you, TAKE ACTION NOW or the inertia will drop you again.  If you have nothing else to do, put on your shorts and running shoes and go out for a jog.  Just start running!  Spending energy creates more energy.  You have got to get steamed up to have steam.  Laziness and energy are opposites.  Like oil and water, they do not mix.  Like fire and water, they can destroy each other.  Burn your oil!

Whew!  That was close, huh?  We almost lost you.  How do you feel now?  Your horn was starting to droop, you were losing weight quickly and your skin was looking pretty thin in spots.  The best thing for you now is plenty of fluids and NO REST.  When you’re hot – don’t stop!  Keep the fire raging and your oil burning.  Keep charging!!!   Scott Alexander

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