Changes in Life Depicted in who Moved my Cheese?

There are certain circumstances in life that can cause a change and there are different routes a person can take to adjust to it. For example, when a change occurs in someone's life, even more an unexpected change, some people will immediately adapt and make things happen, some will use an 'It's not fair' attitude and wait for something to happen. In the turmoil, some people may choose to seek opportunity and see change as a positive thing. The message in the book “who moved my cheese?” is clear about being ready to find new cheese because nothing in life is guaranteed or certain. It is up to the individual to make the decision on how to deal with it.

'Who Moved My Cheese?' is a book that talks about the changes in life, when and how one should react to it, and the troubles we can all find ourselves in if when we don't follow that change. This story is about four characters, two mice Sniff and Scurry, and two 'little people.' Hem and Haw. The character in the story lives in a maze chasing cheese. The cheese is symbolic to life and the changes that can happen in an instant and represent all that we chase after and what we all believe will make us happy. This story describes the trials and troubles we all have in our daily lives.

These Four characters searched for their cheese as a routine of their everyday life. Which always lead them to find what they were looking for. During this season in their life is when they were most comfortable and happy. Eventually, that changes when the cheese was moved to another location that was not part of their normal routine. For Sniff and Scurry, they immediately embraced their change and went to look for some cheese so that they could be once happy again.

On the other hand, the little people Haw and Hem were not as an adaptable to the change. In fact, they refused to accept it and chose to live in denial for a long time. Haw, a main character in the book decided that he needed confront his fears and go out into the unknown, while his friend, Hem, continued to deny t and stay fearful of the change that had taken place while Hem waited for his cheese to be returned. Haw had to make a choice and decided to move on and go look for new cheese as he started to get ready to leave and tried to persuade his friend to go with him.

Hem and Haw would go back and fourth before decided to make a move. Hem would say to his friend, '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?' Eventually Hem understood that the cheese permanently changed and he believed that the cheese would not be put back in its original place and later due to this change he agreed that it's time to find New Cheese and that he knew had to approach it with positively.

Nothing in life is permanent except change. Change is in the very nature of our existence. When you think of philosophers like Buddha who believed that “Change is in the very nature of being and every new day is different from the previous day” it puts life in perspective on how things can change in an instant and there can be good and bad time. To some life is cruel and merciless and to others its good things that can come out of hard times. People who look at change as a bad thing usually are afraid of success and the unknown. They punish themselves in looking at the negative as the norm instead of looking at ‘light at the end of tunnel concept”. For example, when someone loses a job or gets laid off and then later starts a business. If this individual did not go through a bad like this then they might have not wanted to use their hardship to open their business.

Change can create success. For individual who sees good come out of a hard time also sees life as a challenge, a way to discover and innovate, a key for success and a gateway to wealth. No matter how hard things seemed to become these kinds of people find they persevering in darkest moments, they continue to move on, believing that the situation is the cause to succeed and get the most out of their lives. You achieve the utmost satisfaction and fulfillment if you are determined with all your mind, body and soul. On the flipside, life can be miserable if you take change and everything it brings for granted and or wait on fate to play itself out.

There are multiple reasons that propel us to call for change. First, change is the key component for an individual willing to acquire personal growth. Secondly, a person may want to change in order to acquire significant insights that will allow them to lead to a targeted objective. Thirdly, one may need to create change in their life for purpose of flexibility. This type of change allows one to become flexible in conforming to new challenges, circumstances that may occur in their life. Rather than acting out or being complacent an individual who embraces change is able to adapt aggressively to the new unexpected situations.

Change is equally important for any individual seeking improvements in their daily life. It can help improve relationships, finances and business or work. In absence of change, stagnation and complacency can occur and consequently improvement and personal development is inhibited. It is essential to utilize change and strength during these hopeless situations.

I experienced the biggest change in my life when I end my service to active duty in 2010 and decided to become a fulltime student and join the Army Reserve. This change was very drastic and scary for my family and I. At that time, I had no type of education with the exception of my GED. Prior to the military, I dropped out of high school when I was sixteen years old. I was one of those individuals who looked at life as merciless and cold and like Hem Haw was afraid of the unexpected

I always wanted to continue my education but was fearful of trying again and the change that would happen in myself. I would make numerous attempts but with no vision or plan. I allowed my poor choices as youth to control my life. As I started to excel in the military I knew I had to make a change and that it wouldn’t be easy. So I then decided to end my service, move back to New York and apply to LaGuardia Community College.

Going back to college was extremely hard for me at first. I had to change my whole lifestyle. At times I would feel insignificant, redundant and stressed when I was taking classes. I even felt like giving up at times. However, I knew there was no going back and I had to be determined and disciplined. Due to me determination and hard work, I graduated with a 3.0 GPA from LaGuardia Community, Received a good job working at the Bronx Veterans Hospital and I am currently attending my last semester at Metropolitan college of New york.

It is my opinion that my change created a better life for me. I couldn’t imagine where I would be if I didn’t decided to go back to school a few years ago. My life has been such a rollercoaster but the good and the bad made me stronger and change is now something I would never fear in fact I would fully embrace.   

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