The great Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said, “There is nothing permanent that expects change.” Change is an inevitable force. Whether that change happens in your personal or professional life, it happens and there is no way around it. Adapting to change can be one of the most challenging trials an individual will face in their lifetime. For some, change can be a huge challenge because they don't want to face their fear, step out of their comfort zone, and don't want to lose what they have and the state they may have been in before. For others, change is welcomed with open arms, they respond to what happens knowing that the change could lead to something bigger and better. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original Essay The book Who Moved My Cheese delves into the topic of change and how you ultimately adapt to it. The popular business book, Who Moved My Cheese, by Spencer Johnson explores the concept of change and identifies the many different ways one can approach the challenging task of adapting to change. This book uses a parable focusing on the lives of the four characters; Haw and Hem (the two little men) and Sniff and Scurry (the two mice) and examines how each of them handles the change presented in their lives. Every day in the parable Haw, Hem, Sniff and Scurry run through a maze (comparable to their environment) in search of cheese (the metaphor Johnson uses for what you want to have in your life: love, money, happiness, good health, etc.). When the day comes when they finally find the cheese, they are happy and come back every day. As time goes by Haw and Hem become content and comfortable with the cheese they are given and do not notice that the cheese is getting smaller. One morning, when Haw, Hem, Sniff and Scurry return to Cheese Station C, they find that the cheese is no longer there. Each of them reacts differently to unexpected change. While Sniff and Scurry immediately accept the change and set out to search the maze for more cheese, Haw and Hem are shocked that there is no cheese and wonder who moved it. Every day, 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 some cheese. 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. Eventually Haw realizes that he must accept this change and adapt to it or he will become extinct. Haw eventually finds more cheese, while Hem continues to be in denial and afraid of the changes in his life and keeps returning to Cheese Station C where there continues to be no more cheese. Ultimately, this book presents an interesting take on adapting to change that may be simple and relatable to readers. The story of Haw, Hem, Sniff and Surry ends with the message “Move with the cheese and have fun! The end... or is it a new beginning?”. As the end says, I think the message of the parable is that change is not the end of something, but the beginning of something new. One should not automatically have fear and skepticism towards changes as it could turn out to be the best thing that could happen to one and if one denies or does not adapt to the change it could end up immobilizing and killing them. When most teenagers turn 18, it is a time of celebration as one enters adulthood and a new state of independence. At this age.