Who Moved My Cheese? – Accepting Changes Positively

By Ryia Illani Mohd Yunos

Last night, I did a quick read the book by Dr. Spencer Johnson entitled “Who Moved My Cheese”. The book is less than 100 pages and it took me less than an hour to finish reading it. To me it is really a good book as the story is written for all ages. The uniqueness of the vision and message in the story will last a lifetime. This book tells us how to effectively deal with changes and to positively accept changes in our lives.

The writer begins by introducing the four characters who lives in a maze: the mice Scurry and Sniff and two “little people”’, Hem and Haw. Every day the mice and the little people spent most of their time in the maze looking for cheese. Early on in their lives, all four characters discover a place with great wealth of cheese that they can enjoy for a very long time.  One day, the cheese disappears. Both mice did not analyze the situation too much. For them the solution for the problem was simple. The place which had a large source of their food has changed. Therefore Scurry and Sniff decided to change their strategy. They set out to find new cheese. Hem and Haw on the other hand, think that they are the victims of some kind of fraud or theft. Hem and Haw waste many days thinking about the situation and wondering when the old cheese stock might return. One day Haw realizes that he has to change, and accept the fact the old cheese is not going to return. He decided to set out into the maze and start searching for a new cheese. Meanwhile Hem was so covered up with fear of change. Yet this only makes things worse, as he had to battle with stress and hunger each day. Finally, Haw finds his way to a new place, which is piled high with all different types of cheese, enough to last a lifetime.  Scurry and Sniff, had arrived at the same place long before.

The story tells us that changes will always happen. We have to stand up quickly, adapt and to keep going. We need to always be prepared for changes in life towards achieving our goals. When faced with changes or challenges, try to look at them as opportunities for personal growth. Look for the upside. Don’t try to control the uncontrollable. Focus on the things you can control such as the way you choose to react to the changes. Ultimately, the way we react to these changes will determine our success in life. Are we going to be like the mice, who decided quickly to move on and look for new cheese? Or are we going to be like the little people who were stuck in denial and were afraid to set out into the maze looking for new cheese? Like one of the Malay proverb which said “waiting for the moon to fall onto your lap”. If you are looking for best Caishen’s Fortune Pokie for free visit the page with free game. Alternatively, are we going to be like Haw? Scared at first, but builds up the courage to move from the safe harbours of the known and venture out in the maze to look for new cheese? I leave these questions to all my fellow friends out there to think and decide.

Inspired from: Who Moved My Cheese? By Spenser Johnson