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Essay / Who moved my cheese? - 570
Who moved my cheese?Who moved my cheese? It's a simple story of four characters who live in a maze and are constantly looking for cheese. Two of the four characters are Hem and Haw, who are small people the size of a mouse, they are complex people just like humans. They rely on their emotions and life experience to succeed, but like humans, they can also become very comfortable and unaware of what is happening around them. The other two characters Sniff and Scurry are mice. They rely more on their instincts and senses to go about their daily lives. Although they are simple-minded and not very intelligent, they do not cling emotionally when things work against them. They have the power of adaptation, which allows them to continually maintain a productive life no matter how things change around them. “CHEESE” means different things to different people. It's a metaphor for what makes you tick and what makes you happy. For some people "CHEESE" is money, for others it's their job, and for some it's just being able to wake up and be happy to have a good life and enjoy living it. When I read this book I had to stop and think "WHAT THE HELL IS MY CHEESE" and I couldn't help but wander as I read, "HOW CAN I GET CHEESE.” As I really started to analyze my life a little more, I realized that I had more than one "cheese" and that all of my "cheese" had been moved around, sometimes more than once. All these thoughts made me realize what my favor was...