Coming to an intersection of hallways at work and turning to walk down another hallway coincidence brought me to walk abreast with a co-worker, whom I had seen but never officially met. We walked a short ways and then we each turned and went our separate ways, each intent on completing our own given tasks. Such is work. We are thrown into an environment where we often walk abreast with strangers and yet we manage to carry out our assignments, mutual cooperation or goals.
I was reminded of a story that a friend sent me about llamas in Montana being herded or grazed with the sheep. Sheep ranchers do this because it apparently serves to protect the sheep. It seems that wolves are afraid of llamas and will leave a sheep herd unmolested when a llama is around. I had never heard that before.
Isn't this what we do in life and work? We work with different people of many different ethnicities and orientations, often times we may never meet these people or even interact but yet our work affects their work and theirs, ours. Life is full of these symbiotic relationships. And when they work they can be great.
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