BOOK SUMMARY 9: WHO MOVED MY CHEESE 🧀🧀: SPENCER JOHNSON

 


GENERAL OVERVIEW:


RATING:4.5/5


GENRE: SELF HELP AND MOTIVATION


CHARACTERS


Sniff: Who sniffs out changes easily when the cheese 🧀 has been moved.


Scurry:Who scurries for cheese 🧀 in a new direction after a Change has occurred.



Hem: Who is so indecisive and is unwilling to change even when there is no cheese 🧀 at all.


Haw: Who is as well indecisive but accepts the change and goes in search of a new cheese 🧀.


INTRODUCTION:



This piece of an hour article is enough to mark you for lifetime. Though you complete this article within an hour it coerces you to think on it for days and weeks and months. 


It is the story of four characters living in a maze in search of the cheese. Here the maze, the characters, the cheese 🧀 metaphors the path of life, the personality of people, and the goal or the pleasure or the happiness respectively. 


Just looking at the title I thought it to be some food related article but it turned out to be otherwise much more than the food. It is related to food or say cheese but in a different way. 


I still vividly remember the day my English teacher at high school asked a question. He asked,"What is constant?"


We started assuming it to be some mathematical constant for us being science students.😅 And many other things. 🤔


We couldn't reach a point. So he answered himself," The only constant thing in the world is CHANGE."


And this article deals with change. Everyone in their life faces changes.

Season changes and so do our clothing style. One is not wise enough to wear sleeveless shirt during winter and vice versa. It's our attitude towards change that matters who we are of the above four characters. 

Are we Sniff?? Scurry??Hem??or Haw??



SUMMARY:


 Sniff and Scurry are two little mice with simple and less complicated mindset. While Hem and Haw are little humans treating themselves superior to the mice. They live inside a maze. Four of them put on their running shoes 👟 every day and make rounds of the corridors in a pair. They search for their favourite and delicious cheese at every cheese station. 

Finally all four of them find enough cheese at Cheese Station C. They remain there for some time and relax. They assume that the purpose for running is over. 

But Sniff has already realized that the amount of cheese is decreasing. One day all four of them find that the cheese which was abundant at one point is not there at all.

Since Sniff had already sniffed the change he is not shocked or surprised. Instead he nods to Scurry. Scurry quickly scurries out the change and scurries quickly to find the new cheese. They soon come into action and find a new cheese station N where there is sufficient cheese of various flavours. 



While on the other side Hem and Haw are so shocked and surprised by the change. They never noticed that the amount of cheese 🧀 had been decreasing. They are so indecisive. They don't come into action at once and wait there in hope that someone would put the cheese back. They wait there for days but nothing happens. Haw starts to laugh at his own situation and tells Haw to look at the corridors for new cheese. 


Hem completely disagree while Haw decides to put back his running shoes and look around the corridors.  

At first he is so very afraid of the darkness, dangers and his unknown fear of nothingness. He also keeps writing on the walls. The Handwriting on the wall. He writes about every day achievements and failures outlined by the diagram of cheese. 

But when he imagines himself enjoying his New Cheese 🧀 he forgets his fear. He is not afraid anymore. He is even more determined in finding New Cheese. 

And Finally he reaches Cheese Station N. He finds Sniff and Scurry with their swollen tummy. He realizes if he had put on his running shoes 👟 a little early he could taste the new cheese earlier. But BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. And the story ends with the three of them enjoying their new cheese while Hem was still expecting his old cheese to return at his old station. 




GATHERING:


This story is depicted in a cafe during a get together. One of the school mates of the group relates this story to his former classmates.

He tries to compare each member of the group to the above four mentioned characters. It is Sniff and Scurry who gets ahead in life and it is them who gets to taste the new cheese much earlier. 


But most of the people are among Hem and Haw. They can not decide what to do when a change happens. Eventually There are some Haw's who tries to adapt themselves to the Change in plans. They Change their path and directions in order to taste new cheese 🧀. 



HANDWRITINGS ON THE WALL:


As mentioned earlier Haw wrote something on the wall about his journey during the run.

Some of the lines are so catchy and is a must to look upon:



Change Happens


They Keep Moving The Cheese

Anticipate Change


Get Ready For The Cheese To Move

Monitor Change


Smell The Cheese Often 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



Move With The Cheese


Enjoy Change!


Savor The Adventure And Enjoy The Taste Of New Cheese!


Be Ready To Change Quickly And Enjoy It Again


They Keep Moving The Cheese.


FINALLY:



Time is never the same. 2020 is definitely not the same as 2019. A year has changed a lot around the world. We see pandemic, economic crisis, business failure, poverty, starvation and what not. So world is changing and so are we. What is important is we need to sense the change and adapt to it or change our direction. 


We all face changes. Changes is in fact part of us. It is a part of life. It is more valid in saying LIFE IS CHANGE.We are definitely not the same person we were during our childhood. People changed us, circumstances changed us, failure changed us. Whatever changed us we need to change for better. 


There are changes in business. There are changes in environment. There are changes in class room. There are changes in people's behaviour. There are changes everywhere. Even a single leaf 🍃🍃 changes its colour according to the season. 


So if you people have been facing any changes please do feel free to comment your changes in the comments section below 🙂🙂🤗.


CHANGE IS A MUST. 


BY SANJITA NAPIT






















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