Who moved my insects ?
Posted October 10, 2009 – 10:16 pm in: BedTime StoriesA small phenomenon that I observed around in my hostel room reminds me of the famous message conveyed in the book “Who moved my cheese?
A couple of days ago, there seemed to have been a pest control drive in the ground floors of our college, due to which(or maybe due to some other reason) a storm of insects flew into the rooms of the higher floors. The intensity of the “attack” was so much that after we shut our windows, we could hear the insects banging against the opposite side of the window, desperately trying to enter the room. This was the perfect setting of a good night’s dinner for all the lizards present there. They sprung into action immediately and kept relishing the meal all through the night. By the next night, I could virtually see their bellys bulging out after having happily enjoyed the meal.
This story continued for a couple of days. The insects kept coming, the lizards kept becoming happier and fatter day after day. By the third day, the insects disappreared. We could now open the windows without having to worry much about the insect menace. However that day too, the lizards were all there on time. They kept waiting all night for their dinner to arrive. But the insects never came.
So, “Who moved my insects? ”
The book talks mainly about how one should expect and be prepared with changes in life.
“Change Happens: They Keep Moving The Cheese
Anticipate Change: Get Ready For The Cheese To Move
Monitor Change:Smell The Cheese Often So You Know When It Is Getting Old
Adapt To Change Quickly: The Quicker You Let Go Of Old Cheese, The Sooner You Can Enjoy New Cheese
Change: Move With The Cheese
Enjoy Change!:Savor The Adventure And Enjoy The Taste Of New Cheese!
Be Ready To Change Quickly And Enjoy It Again & Again:They Keep Moving The Cheese.”
It’s a lesson for the lizards, and all of us to anticipate any changes in life, and be proactive in handling it.
Tags: change, changes in life, life, who moved my cheese
6 Comments
Well, its a common observation in hostels frankly…. Have you ever recorded a small lizard v/s big lizard fight though?? that becomes interesting
Hehe . absolutely !
I’ve seen a big lizard vs big lizard fight. It felt just like 2 wrestlers … ummm … undertaker and Khali coming one on one, heads first …
They become really intersting to see sometimes.
good one! ‘Change is the only constant in the world!’
on a lighter note, just ask bomber, he might have bombed all the insects
Were you reading the book simultaneously when you “saw” or “obviously saw” this phenomena or is this book one of your liked ones?
I had read this book a very long time back during Engineering … just recollected it when I saw the “classically conditioned” lizards searching impatiently for the insects