From The Daily Dialogue
From The Daily Dialogue
Broadcast of 2/20/98
Subject: [DailyDialogue #51] Getting Help
"But, paradoxically, the way in which Perl helps you the most has almost nothing to do with Perl, and everything to do with the people who use Perl. Perl folks are, frankly, some of the most helpful folks on earth. If there's a religious quality to the Perl movement, then this is at the heart of it." Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen & Randall Schwartz.
In my business, I provide internet services for customers who are located in North America, Europe and Australia. I have two computers located in Los Angeles. Many times during the day, the computers dialogue with each other about the work to be done and cooperate to handle it together.
Normally this works swell. Occasionally however, one of the computers
may experience one of the symptoms of fear: fighting, fleeing, freezing, or fainting. When a computer is overcome with fear, there isn't much its partner can do; the symptomatic computer simply stops communicating. Sound familiar?
Several months ago I decided that this situation wasn't working. I
hired a silicon therapist (another computer) and placed it in the room with the two sometimes-struggling computers. I asked it to listen to the other two to be sure that they are cooperating. If they fail to commuicate appropriately, the therapist instructs them to take a time-out and then start over. This works so well for computers...
Experiment: With your partner, dialogue about your history of outside support for your partnrship and your desire or need for support for your practice of partner dialogue.
Affirmation: We are seeking appropriate support of a teacher, counselor, or group in furthering our dialogue practice.
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