Mark Twain's Who Move My Cheese?

Who moved my cheese? A question many people ask themselves every day without knowing it. Who moved my cheese is a story about four characters, Haw, Hem, Sniff and Scurry, who found their cheese in different ways. A group of friends who met up at a school reunion and among conversation they noticed that they were all experiencing similar situations in their lives so one of their friends started to tell the story, Who move my cheese. I related to this right away because I also met with a group of my friends, who are also mothers, and experiencing some of the same difficulties I am. The story begins with all four characters being very happy because they all found “the cheese” that they have been searching for in the maze. This was like my relationship …show more content…
Unlike Hem, Haw did suggest that they stop analyzing the situation and go find some new cheese, but Hem refused to leave his cheese station. I can relate to Haw now with my 25th birthday experience. Since my grandfather and my birthdays are only 10 days apart, I decided to celebrate my birthday on his birthday to honor him. The day of my grandfather's birthday I had a list of things to do, get my hair done, get my make up done, get dressed, pick up the cake, pick up the balloons, bring the center piece, and arrive at the restaurant. On this day everything went wrong, the store changed my make up artist, my shoes didn’t fit, my cake was not ready on time, the balloon store was closed, the center piece broke, the restaurant had no air conditioner and the food wasn’t good. The whole time I was analyzing everything that was going wrong and crying about why would such a special day be so horrible. It wasn’t until I finally realized that this is what life is all about. In life obstacles get thrown at you at any time and it's up to you on how you handle