One should not automatically be fearful and skeptical of changes as it may turn out to be the best thing that could happen to one and if one denies or does not adapt to change it could end up immobilizing and killing them.
As the ending goes, I think the message of the parable is that change is not the end to something, but the beginning of something new.
The tale of Haw, Hem, Sniff, and Surry ends with the message “Move with the cheese and enjoy it! The end…or is it a new beginning?”. In the end, this book presents an interesting take on adapting to change that can be simple and relatable to readers. Haw eventually finds more cheese, while Hem continues to deny and be fearful of the changes in his life and continues to return to Cheese Station C where there continues to be no more cheese. In the end Haw realizes that he must accept this change and adapt to it or he will become extinct. While Sniff and Scurry have found more cheese elsewhere in the maze, Haw and Hem refuse to accept this change and it ends up hurting them. Everyday after that while Sniff and Scurry continue to run through the maze in search of new cheese, Haw and Hem return to Cheese Station C in hopes of finding cheese. While Sniff and Scurry immediately accept the change and set off to find more cheese in the maze, Haw and Hem are distraught that there is no cheese and questions who moved it. They each react to the unexpected change differently. One morning when Haw, Hem, Sniff, and Scurry return to Cheese Station C they discover that the cheese is no longer there. Overtime Haw and Hem become content and comfortable with the cheese that they are given and do not notice that the cheese is getting smaller. When the day comes that they finally find the cheese they are happy and return everyday. Everyday in the parable Haw, Hem, Sniff, and Scurry are running through a maze (which is comparable to one’s environment) in search of cheese (the metaphor Johnson uses for what one wants to have in their life: love, money, happiness, good health, etc.). This book uses a parable that centers on the lives of the four characters Haw and Hem (the two little people) and Sniff and Scurry (the two mice) and examines how each of them handle the change presented within their lives. The popular business book, Who Moved My Cheese, by Spencer Johnson explores the concept of change and identifies the many different ways one may tackle the challenging task of adapting to change. The book Who Moved My Cheese delves into the topic of change and how one ultimately adapts to it.
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