Ever had your cheese moved?
If you are out there in "Corporate America" somewhere, at some point you may be asked to read "Who Moved My Cheese?" By Spencer Johnson, M.D.
I must admit there have been times in my life in which I could have found this book to be a great benefit. It just so happens that 15 months ago I tried to make adjustments and plans, and venture out and find new cheese. Each time, however, there were so many obstacles that every avenue I explored came up a dead end with no chance at new cheese. In fact every attempt came up less lucrative than the diminishing cheese. So much so that I began to believe that it was not God's will for me to go after new cheese, and that went against everything I have ever known or done.
You see I have been classified as a control freak, and most of the time I have been completely in control. I have also been known as “independent as h@#%”. So you see when God decided in last year that I needed to learn to depend on Him, I felt like a little person; “complex brain with many beliefs and emotions” trapped in a maze leading to nowhere. Ironically that is just what He had in mind for me. I tried to be like Sniff and Scurry. But that was WAAAY too much of me and WAAAY too little God. He alluded to the fact that He was God and I was NOT so many times that it was funny. (He has a sense of humor, you know.)
When I finally realized I had to relinquish control to ever see the light of day again, things felt as though they were going backwards. God kept showing me to let go and wait on Him. He didn't want anything I did, had done, could do, or anyone I knew to get any of this glory. Sometimes I wonder if the learning process would have been easier if I had just kept waiting on the cheese. (I could have stood to have lost a pound or two anyway.) But what was happening to me was unique.
I will confess that I can see where this book would apply in most situations. I would even go so far as to say everyone should read this book. My reasoning behind this is simply that most people live life based on their reaction to what happens to them instead of choosing how they are going to react regardless of the situation. This could change their lives. Unfortunately, it didn't change mine. I was already on a new cheese hunt. As a matter of fact I have been for 10 years.
I must admit there have been times in my life in which I could have found this book to be a great benefit. It just so happens that 15 months ago I tried to make adjustments and plans, and venture out and find new cheese. Each time, however, there were so many obstacles that every avenue I explored came up a dead end with no chance at new cheese. In fact every attempt came up less lucrative than the diminishing cheese. So much so that I began to believe that it was not God's will for me to go after new cheese, and that went against everything I have ever known or done.
You see I have been classified as a control freak, and most of the time I have been completely in control. I have also been known as “independent as h@#%”. So you see when God decided in last year that I needed to learn to depend on Him, I felt like a little person; “complex brain with many beliefs and emotions” trapped in a maze leading to nowhere. Ironically that is just what He had in mind for me. I tried to be like Sniff and Scurry. But that was WAAAY too much of me and WAAAY too little God. He alluded to the fact that He was God and I was NOT so many times that it was funny. (He has a sense of humor, you know.)
When I finally realized I had to relinquish control to ever see the light of day again, things felt as though they were going backwards. God kept showing me to let go and wait on Him. He didn't want anything I did, had done, could do, or anyone I knew to get any of this glory. Sometimes I wonder if the learning process would have been easier if I had just kept waiting on the cheese. (I could have stood to have lost a pound or two anyway.) But what was happening to me was unique.
I will confess that I can see where this book would apply in most situations. I would even go so far as to say everyone should read this book. My reasoning behind this is simply that most people live life based on their reaction to what happens to them instead of choosing how they are going to react regardless of the situation. This could change their lives. Unfortunately, it didn't change mine. I was already on a new cheese hunt. As a matter of fact I have been for 10 years.
I thought that I could drop out of college and make some money. I also thought that who I knew and what I could do, even how I looked and how charming I was was enough. After all I had common sense. Well, believe it or not, it was and it worked, but now I am back in school. Because when God showed me to let go, He also showed me where I had gotten off track in the 'maze of life' and that was when I dropped out of college.
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