Maha's musings

BOOK REVIEW Who Moved My Cheese?  by Dr.Spencer Johnson  Changes are inevitable. They can be in our life, in our business or anywhere else. Most of us resist changes as we are not mentally prepared for that. But changes are not essentially bad all the times. They prepare us mentally to progress in our life. Adapting ourselves to changes improves us in amazing ways.  The book starts with a gathering of friends where one of them narrates this story to help others, deal with changes in their lives.The parable is about two mice -- Sniff and Scurry and two little people -- Hem and Haw. These characters depict the simple and complex parts of our brains. Everything is metaphorical here. The  maze  they live in represents  life; The cheese  they keep looking for represents  money, job, love or any such thing that gives us happiness. Sniff  sniffs the problems before they occur.  Scurry  scurries fast on the face of problems.  Hem ...

Teachers teach.. When it rains, they teach;  When it shines, they teach; When there are no credits, they teach; When there is no response they teach; When there is no school, they teach; When the students mock, they teach; When the parents scold, they teach; When the management hurdles, they teach; When their families trouble, they teach; When the society questions, they teach; Teach teach teach and teach They teach, they explain, they lecture,  they sermonise, they demonstrate, they assign, they advise, they deny, they allow, they punish, they inspire, they motivate, they imbibe, they inculcate, they impart and what not? They let the students  grow.... To grow intellectually, emotionally, morally and psychologically. They are ceaseless gardeners. They have grown many blooming buds. They are not cowed down by the occasional bad weathers. Their cans never run out of water!!! I salute those THEY who watered me and have grown me into whatever I am now today!...