I recently read the business classic, Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson. It’s a short book (fewer than one hundred pages with nice big type!) that is a parable sandwiched by discussions of a group of friends about its meaning and use. In the parable, two mice (named Sniff and Scurry) and two littlepeople (named Hem and Haw) search through a maze for cheese. In the story, cheese is a metaphor for whatever it is that they really want in life. All four characters find some lovely cheese, but after a while, the cheese disappears. The mice immediately start looking for new cheese. The littlepeople, by contrast, waste a lot of time complaining that the cheese is gone and hoping it will return.
After some time, one of the littlepeople comes to his senses and starts off to search for new cheese. As he goes, he writes on the wall the things he learns in the hopes his partner will see it.
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