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标 题: Who Moved My Cheese ?
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Who Moved My Cheese ?
An amazing way to deal with change in your work and in your life.
By Dr. Spencer Johnson
Once, long ago in a land far away, there lived four little characters who ra
n through a maze looking for Cheese to nourish them and make them happy.
Two were mice named “Sniff” and “Scurry” and the two were littlepeople –
beings who were as small as mice but who looked and acted a lot like people
today. Their names were “Hem” and “Haw”.
Due to their small size, it would be easy not to notice what the four of the
m were doing. But if you looked closely enough, you could discover the most
amazing things!
Every day the mice and the littlepeople spent time in the maze looking for t
heir own special Cheese.
The mice, Sniff and Scurry, possessing only simple rodent brains, but good i
nstincts, searched for the hard nibbling Cheese they liked, as mice often do
.
The two littlepeople, Hem and Haw, used their brains, filled with many belie
fs, to search for a very different kind of Cheese- with a capital C – which
they believed would make them feel happy and successful.
As different as the mice and littlepeople were they shared something in comm
on: every morning, they each put on their jogging suits and running shoes, l
eft their little homes, and raced out into the maze looking for their favour
ite Cheese.
The maze was a labyrinth of corridors and chambers, some containing deliciou
s Cheese. But there were also dark corners and blind alleys leading nowhere.
It was an easy place for anyone to get lost.
However, for those who found their way, the maze held secrets that let them
enjoy a better life.
The mice, Sniff and Scurry, used the simple, but inefficient, trial-and-erro
r method of finding Cheese. They ran down one corridor and if it proved empt
y, they turned and ran down another.
Sniff would smell out the general direction of the Cheese, using his great n
ose, and Scurry would race ahead. They got lost, as you might expect, went o
ff in the wrong direction and often bumped into walls.
However, the two littlepeople, Hem and Haw, used a different method that rel
ied on their ability to think and learn from their past experiences, althoug
h, they would sometimes get confused by their beliefs and emotions.
Eventually in their own way, they all discovered what they were looking for
– they each found their own kind of Cheese one day at the end of one of the
corridors in Cheese Station C.
Every morning after that, the mice and the littlepeople dressed in their run
ning gear and headed over to Cheese Station C. it wasn’t long before they e
ach established their own routine.
Sniff and Scurry continued to wake early every day and race through the maze
, always following the same route.
When they arrived at their destination, the mice took off their running shoe
s, tied them together and hung them round their necks – so they could get t
o them quickly whenever they needed them again. Then they enjoyed the Cheese
.
In the beginning Hem and Haw also raced towards Cheese Station C every morni
ng to enjoy the tasty new morsels that awaited them.
But after a while, a different routine set in for the littlepeople.
Hem and Haw awoke each day a little later, dressed a little slower, and walk
ed to Cheese Station C. After all, they knew where the Cheese was now and ho
w to get there.
They had no idea where the Cheese came from, or who put it there. They just
assumed it would be there.
As soon as Hem and Haw arrived at Cheese Station C each morning, they settle
d in and made themselves at home. They hung up their jogging suits, put away
their running shoes and put on their slippers. They were becoming very comf
ortable now that they had found the Cheese.
“This is great,” Hem said. “There’s enough Cheese here to last us foreve
r.” The littlepeople felt happy and successful, and thought they were now s
ecure.
It wasn’t long before Hem and Haw regarded the Cheese they found at Cheese
Station C as their cheese. It was such a large store of Cheese that they ev
entually moved their homes to be closer to it, and built a social life aroun
d it.
To make themselves feel more at home, Hem and Haw decorated the walls with s
ayings and even drew pictures of Cheese around them which made them smile. O
ne read:
HAVING CHEESE MAKES YOU HAPPY
Sometimes, Hem and Haw would take their friends by to see their pile of Chee
se at Cheese Station C, and point out to it with pride, saying, “Pretty nic
e Cheese, huh?” Sometimes they shared it with their friends and sometimes t
hey didn’t.
“We deserve this Cheese,” Hem said. “We certainly had to work long and ha
rd enough to find it.” He picked up a nice fresh piece and ate it.
Afterwards, Hem fell asleep as he often did.
Every night the littlepeople would waddle home, full of Cheese, and every mo
rning they would confidently return for more.
This went on for quite some time.
After a while Hem’s and Haw’s confidence grew into arrogance. Soon they be
came so comfortable that they didn’t even notice what was happening.
As time went on, Sniff and Scurry continued their routine. They arrived earl
y each morning and sniffed and scratched and scurried around Cheese Station
C, inspecting the area to see if there had been any changes from the day bef
ore. Then they would sit down and nibble on the cheese.
One morning they arrived at Cheese Station C and discovered there was no che
ese.
They weren’t surprised. Since Sniff and Scurry had noticed the supply of ch
eese had been getting smaller every day, they were prepared for the inevitab
le and knew instinctively what to do.
They looked at each other, removed they running shoes they had tied together
and hung conveniently around their necks, put them on their feet and laced
them up.
The mice did not overanalyze things. And they were not burdened with many co
mplex beliefs.
To the mice, the problem and the answer were both simple. The situation at C
heese Station C had changed. So, Sniff and Scurry decided to change.
They both looked out into the maze. Then Sniff lifted his nose, sniffed and
nodded to Scurry, who took off running through the maze, while Sniff followe
d as fast as he could.
They were quickly off in search of New Cheese.
Later that same day, Hem and Haw arrived at Cheese Station C. they had not b
een paying attention to the small changes that had been taking place each da
y, so they took it for granted their cheese would be there.
They were unprepared for what they found.
“What! No cheese?” Hem yelled. He continued yelling, ”No cheese? No chees
e?” as though if he shouted loud enough someone would put it back.
“Who moved my Cheese?” he hollered.
Finally, he put his hands on his hips, his face turned red, and he screamed
at the top of his voice, “It’s not fair!”
Haw just shook his head in disbelief. He, too, had counted on finding Cheese
at Cheese Station C. He stood there for a long time, frozen with shock. He
was just not ready for this.
Hem was yelling something, but Haw didn’t want to hear it. He didn’t want
to deal with what was facing him, so he just tuned out everything.
The littlepeople’s behaviour was not very attractive or productive but it w
as understandable.
Finding Cheese wasn’t easy, and it meant a great deal more to the littlepeo
ple than just having enough of it to eat everyday.
Finding Cheese was the littlepeople’s way of getting what they thought they
needed to be happy. They had their own ideas of what Cheese meant to them,
depending on their taste.
For some, finding Cheese was having material things. For others it was enjoy
ing good health, or developing a spiritual sense of well-being.
For Haw, Cheese just meant feeling safe, having a lovely family someday and
living in a cozy cottage on Cheddar lane.
To Hem, Cheese was becoming A Big Cheese in charge of others and owning a bi
g house atop Camembert Hill.
Because Cheese was important to them, the two littlepeople spent a long time
trying to decide what to do. All they could think of was to keep looking ar
ound Cheese Station C to see if the Cheese was really gone.
While Sniff and Scurry had quickly moved on, Hem and Haw continued to Hem an
d Haw.
They ranted and raved at the injustice of it all. Haw started to get depress
ed. What would happen if the Cheese wasn’t there tomorrow? He had made futu
re plans based on this Cheese.
The littlepeople couldn’t believe it. How could this have happened? No one
had warned them. It wasn’t right. It was not the way things were supposed t
o happen.
Hem and Haw went home that night hungry and discouraged. But before they lef
t, Haw wrote on the wall:
THE MORE IMPORTANT YOUR CHEESE IS TO YOU
THE MORE YOU WANT TO HOLD ON TO IT.
The next day Hem and Haw left their homes and returned to Cheese Station C a
gain, where they still expected, somehow to find their Cheese.
The situation hadn’t changed, the Cheese was no longer there. The littlepe
ople didn’t know what to do. Hem and Haw just stood there, immobilized like
two statues.
Haw shut his eyes as tight as he could and put his hands over his ears. He j
ust wanted to block everything out. He didn’t want to know the Cheese suppl
y had gradually been getting smaller. He believed it had been moved all of a
sudden.
Hem analyzed the situation over and over and eventually his complicated brai
n with its huge belief system took hold. “Why did they do this to me?” he
demanded. “What’s really going on here?”
Finally, Haw opened his eyes, looked around and said, “By the way, where ar
e Sniff and Scurry? Do you think they know something we don’t?”
Hem scoffed, “What would they know?”
Hem continued, “They’re just simple mice. They just respond to what happen
s. We’re littlepeople. We’re special. We should be able to figure this out
. And, besides, we deserve better.
“This should not happen to us, or if it does, we should at least get some b
enefits.”
“Why should we get benefits?” Haw asked.
“Because we’re entitled,” Hem claimed.
“Entitled to what?” Haw wanted to know.
“We’re entitled to our Cheese.”
“Why?” Haw asked.
“Because, we didn’t cause this problem,” Hem said. “Somebody else did th
is and we should get something out of it.”
Haw suggested, “Maybe we should stop analyzing the situation so much and ju
st get going and find some new Cheese.”
“Oh no,” Hem argued. “I’m going to get to the bottom of this.”
While Hem and Haw were still trying to decide what to do, Sniff and Scurry w
ere well on their way. They went farther into the maze, up and down the corr
idors, looking for Cheese in every Cheese Station they could find.
They didn’t think of anything else but finding New Cheese.
They didn’t find any for sometime until they finally went into an area of t
he maze where they had never been before: Cheese Station N.
They squealed with delight. They found what they had been looking for: a gre
at supply of New Cheese.
They could hardly believe their eyes. It was the biggest store of Cheese the
mice had ever seen.
In the meantime, Hem and Haw were still back in Cheese Station C evaluating
their situation. They were now suffering from the effects of having no Chees
e. They were becoming frustrated and angry and were blaming each other for t
he situation they were in.
Now and then Haw thought about his mice buddies, Sniff and Scurry, and wonde
red if they had found any Cheese yet. He believed they might be having a har
d time, as running through the maze usually involved some uncertainty. But h
e also knew that it was likely to only last for a while.
Sometimes, Haw would imagine Sniff and Scurry finding New Cheese and enjoyin
g it. He thought about how good it would be for him to be out on an adventur
e in the maze, and to find fresh New Cheese. He could almost taste it.
The more clearly Haw saw the image of finding and enjoying the New Cheese, t
he more he saw himself leaving Cheese Station C.
“Let’s go!” he exclaimed, all of a sudden.
“No,” Hem quickly responded. “I like it here. It’s comfortable. It’s wh
at I know. Besides it’s dangerous out there.”
“No it isn’t,” Haw argued. “We’ve run through many parts of this maze b
efore, and we could do it again.”
“I’m getting too old for that,” Hem said. “And I’m afraid I’m not inte
rested in getting lost and making a fool of myself. Are you?”
With that, Haw’s fear of failing returned and his hope of finding New Chees
e faded.
So every day, the littlepeople continued to do what they had done before. Th
ey went to Cheese Station C, found no Cheese, and returned home, carrying th
eir worries and frustrations with them.
They tried to deny what was happening, but found it harder to get to sleep,
had less energy the next day, and were becoming irritable.
Their homes were not the nurturing places they once were. The littlepeople h
ad difficulty sleeping and were having nightmares about not finding any Chee
se.
But Hem and Haw still returned to Cheese Station C and waited there every da
y.
Hem said, “You know, if we just worked harder we’ll find that nothing has
really changed that much. The Cheese is probably nearby. Maybe they just hid
it behind the wall.”
The next day, Hem and Haw returned with tools. Hem held the chisel while Haw
banged on the hammer until they made a hole in the wall of Cheese Station C
. They peered inside but found no Cheese.
They were disappointed but believed they could solve the problem. So they st
arted earlier, stayed longer, and worked harder. But after a while, all they
had was a large hole in the wall.
Haw was beginning to realize the difference between activity and productivit
y.
“Maybe,” Hem said, “we should just sit here and see what happens. Sooner
or later they have to put the Cheese back.”
Haw wanted to believe that. So each day he went home to rest and returned re
luctantly with Hem to Cheese Station C. But Cheese never reappeared.
By now the littlepeople were growing weak from hunger and stress. Haw was ge
tting tired of just waiting for their situation to improve. He began to see
that the longer they stayed in their Cheeseless situation, the worse off the
y would be.
Haw knew they were losing their edge.
Finally, one day Haw began laughing at himself. “Haw, haw, look at me. I ke
ep doing the same thing over and over again and wonder why things don’t get
better. If this wasn’t so ridiculous, it would be even funnier.”
Haw did not like the idea of having to run through the maze again, because h
e knew he would get lost and have no idea where he would find any Cheese. Bu
t he had to laugh at his folly when he saw what his fear was doing to him.
He asked Hem, “ Where did we put our jogging suits and running shoes?” it
took a long time to find them because they had put everything away when they
found their Cheese at Cheese Station C, thinking they wouldn’t be needing
them any more.
As Hem saw his friend getting into his running gear, he said, “You’re not
really going out into the maze again, are you? Why don’t you just wait here
with me until they put the Cheese back?”
“Because, you just don’t get it,” Haw said. “I didn’t want to see it ei
ther, but now I realize they’re never going to put the Old Cheese beck. Tha
t was yesterday’s Cheese. It’s time to find New Cheese.”
Hem argued, “But what if there is no Cheese out there? Or even if there is,
what if you don’t find it?”
“I don’t know,” Haw said. He had asked himself those same questions too m
any times and started to feel the fears again that kept him where he was.
Then he thought about finding New Cheese and all the good things that came w
ith it and gathered courage.
“Sometimes,” Haw said, “things change and they are never the same again.
This looks like one of those times, Hem. That’s life! Life moves on. And so
should we.”
Haw looked at his emaciated companion and tried to talk sense to him, but He
m’s fear had turned into anger and he wouldn’t listen.
Haw didn’t mean to be rude to his friend, but he had to laugh at how silly
they both looked.
As Haw prepared to leave, he started to feel more alive, knowing that he was
finally able to laugh at himself, let go and move on.
He announced, “It’s maze time!”
Hem didn’t laugh and he didn’t respond.
Haw picked up a small, sharp rock and wrote a serious thought on the wall fo
r Hem to think about. As was his custom, Haw even drew a picture of Cheese a
round it, hoping it would help Hem to smile, lighten up, and go after the Ne
w Cheese. But Hem didn’t want to see it.
It read:
IF YOU DO NOT CHANGE YOU CAN BECOME EXTINCT.
Then Haw stuck his head out and peered anxiously into the maze. He thought a
bout how he’d gotten himself into this Cheeseless situation.
He had believed that there may not be any Cheese in this maze, or he may not
find it. Such fearful beliefs were immobilizing and killing him.
Haw smiled. He knew Hem was wondering, “Who moved my Cheese?” but Haw was
wondering, “Why didn’t I get up and move with the Cheese sooner?”
As he started out into the maze, Haw looked back to where he had come from a
nd felt its comfort. He could feel himself drawn back into familiar territor
y- even though he hadn’t found Cheese there for some time.
Haw became more anxious and wondered if he really wanted to go out into the
maze. He wrote a saying on the wall ahead of him and stared at it for some t
ime:
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WEREN’T AFRAID?
He thought about it.
He knew sometimes some fear can be good. When you are afraid things are goin
g to get worse if you don’t do something, it can prompt you into action. Bu
t it is not good when you are so afraid that it keeps you from doing anythin
g.
He looked to his right, to the part of the maze where he had never been, and
felt the fear.
Then he took a deep breath, turned right into the maze, and jogged slowly, i
nto the unknown.
As he tried to find his way, Haw worried, at first, that he might have waite
d too long in Cheese Station C. He hadn’t had any Cheese for so long that h
e was now weak. It took him longer and it was more painful than usual to get
through the maze. He decided that if he ever got the chance again, he would
adapt to change sooner. It would make things easier.
Then, Haw smiled a weak smile as he thought, “Better late than ever.”
During the next several days, Haw found a little Cheese here and there, but
nothing that lasted very long. He had hoped to find enough Cheese to take so
me back to Hem and encourage him to come out into the maze.
But Haw didn’t feel confident enough yet. He had to admit, he found it conf
using in the maze. Things seemed to have changed since the last time he was
out here.
Just when he thought he was getting ahead, he would get lost in the corridor
s. It seemed his progress was two steps forward and one step backwards. It w
as a challenge, but he had to admit that being back in the maze, hunting for
Cheese, wasn’t nearly as bad as he feared it might be.
As time went on he began to wonder if it was realistic for him to find New C
heese. He wondered if he had bitten off more than he could chew. Then he lau
ghed, realizing that he had nothing to chew on at the moment.
Whenever he started to get discouraged he reminded himself that what he was
doing, as uncomfortable as it was at the moment, was in reality much better
than staying in the Cheeseless situation. He was taking control, rather than
simply letting things happen to him.
Then he reminded himself, if Sniff and Scurry could move on, so could he!
Later, as Haw looked back on things, he realized that Cheese at Cheese Stati
on C had not just disappeared overnight, as he had once thought. The amount
of Cheese that had been there toward the end had been getting smaller, and w
hat was left had grown old. It didn’t taste as good.
Mold may even have begun to grow on the Old Cheese, although he hadn’t noti
ced it. He had to admit however, that if he had wanted to, he probably could
have seen what was coming. But he didn’t.
Haw now realized that the change probably would not have taken him by surpri
se if he had been watching what was happening all along and if he had antici
pated change. Maybe that’s what Sniff and Scurry had been doing.
He stopped for a rest and wrote on the wall:
SMELL THE CHEESE OFTEN SO YOU KNOW WHEN IT IS GETTING OLD.
Sometime later, after not finding Cheese for what seemed like a long time, H
aw finally came across a Cheese Station which looked promising. When he went
inside, however, he was most disappointed to discover the Cheese Station wa
s empty.
“This empty feeling has happened to me too often,” he thought. He felt lik
e giving up.
Haw was losing his physical strength. He knew he was lost and was afraid he
would not survive. He thought about turning around and heading back to Chees
e Station C. At least, if he made it back, and Hem was still there, Haw woul
dn’t be alone. Then he asked himself the same question, again: “What would
I do if I weren’t afraid?”
He was afraid more often than he liked to admit, even to himself. He wasn’t
always sure what he was afraid of, but, in his weakened condition, he knew
now he was simply fearful of going alone. Haw didn’t know it, but he was ru
nning behind because he was weighed down by fearful beliefs.
Haw wondered if Hem had moved on, or if he was still paralyzed by his fears.
Then, Haw remembered the times when he had felt his best in the maze. It wa
s when he was moving along.
He wrote on the wall, knowing it was as much a reminder to himself as it was
a marking for his buddy Hem, hopefully, to follow:
MOVEMENT IN A NEW DIRECTION HELPS YOU FIND NEW CHEESE.
Haw looked down the dark passageway and was aware of his fear. What lay ahea
d? Was it empty? Or worse, were there dangers lurking? He began to imagine a
ll kinds of frightening things that could happen to him. He was scaring hims
elf to death.
Then he laughed at himself. He realized his fears were making things worse.
So he did what he would do if he wasn’t afraid. He moved in a new direction
.
As he started running down the dark corridor he began to smile. Haw didn’t
realize it yet, but he was discovering what nourished his soul. He was letti
ng go and trusting what lay ahead for him, even though he did not know exact
ly what it was.
To his surprise, Haw started to enjoy himself more and more. “Why do I feel
so good?” he wondered. “ I don’t have any Cheese and I don’t know where
I am going.”
Before long, he knew why he felt good.
He stopped to write again on the wall:
WHEN YOU MOVE BEYOND YOUR FEAR, YOU FEEL FREE.
Haw realized he had been captive by his own fear. Moving in a new direction
had freed him. Moving in a new direction had freed him.
Now he felt the cool breeze that was blowing in this part of the maze and it
was refreshing. He took in some deep breaths and felt invigorated by the mo
vement. Once he had gotten past his fear, it turned out to be more enjoyable
than he once believed it could be.
Haw hadn’t felt this way for a long time. He had almost forgotten how much
fun it was.
To make things even better, Haw started to paint a picture in his mind. He s
aw himself in great realistic detail, sitting in the middle of a pile of all
his favorite cheeses – from Cheddar to Brie! He saw himself eating the man
y cheeses he liked, and he enjoyed what he saw. Then he imagined how much he
would enjoy all their great tastes.
The more clearly he saw the image of New Cheese, the more real it became, an
d the more he could sense that he was going to find it.
He wrote:
IMAGINING MYSELF ENJOYING NEW CHEESE
EVEN BEFORE I FIND IT,
LEADS ME TO FIND IT.
“Why didn’t I do this before?” Haw asked himself.
Then he raced through the maze with greater strength and agility. Before lon
g he spotted a Cheese Station and became excited as he noticed little pieces
of New Cheese near the entrance.
There were types of Cheeses he had never seen before, but they looked great.
He tried them and found that they were delicious. He ate most of the New Ch
eeses bits that were available and put a few in his pocket to have later and
perhaps share with Hem. He began to regain his strength.
He entered the Cheese Station with great excitement. But, to his dismay, he
found it was empty. Someone had already been there and had left only the few
bits of New Cheese.
He realized that if he had moved sooner, he would very likely have found a g
ood deal of New Cheese here.
Haw decided to go back and see if Hem was ready to join him.
As he retraced his steps, he stopped and wrote on the wall:
THE QUICKER YOU LET GO OF OLD CHEESE,
THE SOONER YOU FIND NEW CHEESE.
After a while Haw made his way back to Cheese Station C and found Hem. He of
fered Hem bits of New Cheese, but was turned down.
Hem appreciated his friend’s gesture but said, “I don’t think I would lik
e New Cheese. It’s not what I’m used to. I want my own Cheese back and I’
m not going to change until I get what I want.”
Haw just shook his head in disappointment and went back out on his own. As h
e returned to the farthest point he had reached in the maze, he missed his f
riend, but realized he liked what he was discovering. Even before he found w
hat he hoped would be a great supply of New Cheese, if ever, he knew that wh
at made him happy wasn’t just having Cheese.
He was happy when he wasn’t being run by his fear. He liked what he was doi
ng now.
Knowing this, Haw didn’t feel as weak as he did when he stayed in Cheese St
ation C with no Cheese. Just realizing he was not letting his fear stop him
and knowing that he had taken a new direction nourished him and gave him str
ength.
Now he felt that it was just a question of time before he found what he need
ed. In fact, he sensed he had already found what he was looking for.
He smiled as he realized:
IT IS SAFER TO SEARCH IN THE MAZE THAN REMAIN IN A CHEESELESS SITUATION.
Haw realized again, as he had once before, that what you are afraid of is ne
ver as bad as what you imagine. The fear you let build up in your mind is wo
rse than the situation that actually exists.
He’d been so afraid of ever finding New Cheese that he didn’t even want to
start looking. But since starting his journey he has found enough Cheese in
the corridors to keep him going. Now he looked forward to finding more. Jus
t looking ahead was becoming exciting.
His old thinking had been clouded by his worries and fears. He used to think
about not having enough Cheese, or not having it last as long as he wanted.
He used to think more about what could go wrong than what could go right.
But that had changed in the days since he had left Cheese Station C.
He used to believe that Cheese should never be moved and that change wasn’t
right.
Now he realized it was natural for change to continually occur, whether you
expect it or not. Change could surprise you only if you didn’t expect it an
d weren’t looking for it.
When he realized he had changed his beliefs, he paused to write on the wall:
OLD BELIEFS DO NOT LEAD YOU TO NEW CHEESE.
Haw hadn’t found any Cheese yet but, as he ran through the maze, he thought
about what he had already learned.
Haw now realized that his new beliefs were encouraging new behaviours. He wa
s behaving differently than when he kept returning to the same Cheeseless St
ation.
He knew when you change what you believe you change what you do.
You can believe that a change will harm you and resist it. Or you can believ
e that finding New Cheese will help you to embrace the change.
It all depends on what you choose to believe.
H wrote on the wall:
WHEN YOU SEE THAT YOU CAN FIND AND ENJOY NEW CHEESE YOU CAN CHANGE COURSE.
Haw knew he would be in better shape now if he had embraced the change much
sooner and left Cheese Station C earlier. He would feel stronger in body and
spirit and he could have coped better with the challenge of finding New Che
ese. In fact, he probably would have found it by now if he had expected chan
ge, rather than wasting time denying that the change had already taken place
.
He gathered his will and decided to keep proceeding to newer parts of the ma
ze. He found little bits of cheese here and there and began to regain his st
rength and confidence.
As he thought back on where he had come from, Haw was glad he had written on
the wall in many places. He trusted it would serve as a marked trail for He
m to follow through the maze, if he chose to leave Cheese Station C.
He just hoped that he was heading in the right direction. He thought about t
he possibility that Hem would read The Handwriting On The Wall and find his
way.
He wrote on the wall what he had been thinking about for some time:
NOTICING SMALL CHANGES EARLY HELPS YOU TO ADAPT TO THE BIGGER CHANGES THAT A
RE TO COME.
By now, Haw had let go of the past and was adapting to the future.
He continued on through the maze with greater strength and speed. And before
long, it happened.
When it seemed like he had been in the maze forever, his journey- or at leas
t this part of his journey- ended quickly and happily.
Haw found New Cheese at Cheese Station N!
When he went inside, he was startled by what he saw. Piled everywhere was th
e greatest supply of Cheese he had ever seen. He didn’t recognize all that
he saw, as some kinds of Cheese were new to him.
Then he wondered for a moment whether it was real or just his imagination, u
ntil he saw his old friends Sniff and Scurry.
Sniff welcomed Haw with a nod of his head, and Scurry waved his paw. Their f
at little bellies showed that they had been here for some time.
Haw quickly said his hellos and soon took bites of every one of his favorite
Cheeses. He pulled off his shoes and jogging suit and folded them neatly ne
arby in case he needed them again. Then he jumped into the New Cheese. When
he had eaten his fill, he lifted a piece of fresh Cheese and made a toast, “
Hooray for Change!”
As Haw enjoyed the New Cheese, he reflected on what he had learned.
He realized that when he had been afraid to change he had been holding on to
the illusion of Old Cheese that was no longer there.
So what was it that made him change? Was it the fear of starving to death? H
aw thought, “ Well, that helped.”
Then he laughed and realized that he had started to change as soon as he lea
rned to laugh at himself and at what he had been doing wrong. He realized th
e fastest way to change is to laugh at your own folly – then you can let go
and quickly move on.
He knew he had learned something useful about moving on from his mice buddie
s, Sniff and Scurry. They kept life simple. They didn’t overanalyze or over
complicate things. When the situation changed and the Cheese moved, they ch
anged and moved with the Cheese. He would remember that.
The Haw used wonderful brain to do what littlepeople do better than mice.
He reflected on the mistakes he had made in the past and used them to plan f
or his future. He knew that you could learn to deal with change.
You could be more aware of the need to keep things simple, be flexible, and
move quickly.
You did not need to overcomplicate matters or confuse yourself with fearful
beliefs.
You could notice when the little changes began so that you would be better p
repared for the big change that might be coming.
He knew he needed to adapt faster, for if you do not adapt in time, you migh
t as well not adapt at all.
He had to admit that the biggest inhibitor to change lies within your self,
and that nothing gets better until you change.
Perhaps most important of all, he realized that there is always New Cheese o
ut there whether you recognize it at the time or not. And that you are rewar
ded with it when you go past your fear and enjoy the adventure.
He knew some fear should be respected, as it can keep you out of real danger
. But he realized most of his fears were irrational and kept him from changi
ng when he needed to change.
He didn’t like it at the time, but he knew that the change had turned out t
o be a blessing in disguise as it led him to find better Cheese.
He had even found a better part of himself.
As Haw recalled what he had learned, he thought about his friend Hem. He won
dered if Hem had read any sayings Haw had written on the wall at Cheese Stat
ion C and throughout the maze.
Had Hem ever decide to let go and move on? Had he ever entered the maze and
discovered what could make his life better?
Haw thought about going again to Cheese Station C to see if he could hind He
m – assuming that Haw could find his way back there. If he found Hem, he th
ought he might be able to show him how to get out of the predicament. But Ha
w realized that he had already tried to get his friend to change.
Hem had to find his own way, beyond his comforts and past his fears. No one
else could do it for him. Or talk him into it. He somehow had to see the adv
antage of changing himself.
Haw knew he had left a trail for Hem and that he could find his way, if he c
ould just read The Handwriting On The Wall.
He went over and wrote down the summary of what he had learned on the larges
t wall of Cheese Station N. he drew a large piece of cheese around all the i
nsights he had become aware of, and smiled as he looked at what he had learn
ed:
THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL
CHANGE HAPPENS
They Keep Moving The Cheese
ANTICIPATE CHANGE
Get Ready For The Cheese To Move
MONITOR CHANGE
Smell The Cheese So You Know When It Is Getting Old
ADAPT TO CHANGE QUICKLY
The Quicker You Let Go Of Old Cheese,
The Sooner You Can Enjoy New Cheese
CHANGE
Move With The Cheese
ENJOY CHANGE
Savour The Adventure And Enjoy The Taste Of New Cheese
BE READY TO CHANGE QUICKLY AND ENJOY IT AGAIN
They Keep Moving The Cheese
Haw realized how far he had come since he had been with Hem in Cheese Statio
n C, but knew it would be easy for him to slip back if he got too comfortabl
e. Each day he inspected Cheese Station N to see what the condition of his C
heese was. He was going to do whatever he could to avoid being surprised by
unexpected change.
While Haw still had a great supply of Cheese, he often went out into the maz
e and explored new areas to stay in touch with what was happening around him
. He knew it was safer to be aware of his real choices than to isolate him s
elf in his comfort zone.
The, Haw heard what he thought was the sound of movement out in the maze. As
the noise grew louder, he realized that someone was coming.
Could it be that Hem was arriving? Was he about to turn the corner?
Haw said a little prayer and hoped – as he had many times before – that ma
ybe, at last, his friend was finally able to …….
MOVE WITH THE CHEESE AND ENJOY IT !
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