无惧改变————《谁动了我的奶酪？》赏析

文/晓菲

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Haw wondered why he had always thought that a change would lead to something worse.Now he realized that change could lead to something better. “Why didn’t I see this before?”he asked himself.

Then he raced through the Maze with greater strength and agility.Before long,he spotted a Che ese Station and became excited as he noticed little pieces of New Cheese near the entrance.They were types of Cheeses he had never seen before,but they looked great.He tried them and found that they were delicious.He ate most of the New Cheese bits that were availab le and put a few in his pocket to have later and perhaps share with Hem.He began to regain his strength.

唧唧一直在想他将会得到什么，而不是考虑他会失去什么。他不明白，为什么自己过去总是觉得变化会使事情变得更糟。而现在他认识到，变化将会使事情变得更好。“为什么以前我不明白这一点？”他反问自己。

于是，他以更大的勇气和力量快速而灵敏地穿行在迷宫中。不久，他就发现了一个奶酪站。当他在迷宫的入口处发现一些新奶酪的碎屑时，他变得兴奋起来。这是一些他未见过的奶酪，但看起来挺不错。他尝了尝，真是美味啊！他吃掉了大部分能找到的小块奶酪，把剩下的放进口袋，以后也许可以和哼哼分享。他的体力也开始得到恢复。

他怀着兴奋的心情走进去。但是，让他感到惊愕的是，里面竟然是空的。有人已经来过这里，只留下了一些零星的小块奶酪。他认识到，如果能早一点行动他就很有可能早已在这里发现大量的新的奶酪了。唧唧决定回去，看看哼哼是否愿意和他一起行动。在返回的路上，他停下来，在墙上写道：越早放弃旧的奶酪，你就会越早发现新的奶酪。

He entered the Cheese Station with great excitement.But,to his dism ay,he found it was empty.Someone had already been there and had left only the few bits of New Cheese.He realized that if he had moved sooner,he would very likely have found a good deal of New Cheese here.Haw decided to go back and see if Hem was ready to join him.As he retraced his steps,he stopped and wrote on the wall：The Quick You Let Go Of Old Cheese,The Sooner You Find New Cheese.

After a while,Haw made his way back to Cheese Station C and found Hem.He offered Hem bits of New Cheese,but was turned down.Hem appreciated his friend’s gesture but said,“I don’t think I would like New Cheese.It’s not what I’m used to.I want my own Cheese back and I’m not going to change until I get what I want.”

Haw just shook his head in disappointment and reluctantly went back out on his own.As he returned to the farthest point he had reached in the Maze,he missed his friend,but realized he liked what he was discovering.Even before he found what he hoped would be a great supply of New Cheese,if ever,he knew that what made him happy wasn’t just having Cheese.

He was happy when he wasn’t being run by his fear.He liked what he was doing now.Knowing this,Haw didn’t feel as weak as he did when he stayed in Cheese Station C with no Cheese.Just realizing he was not letting his fear stop him,and knowing that he had taken a new direction,nourished him and gave him strength.

不久，唧唧就回到了奶酪C站，找到了哼哼。他给哼哼一些新的小块奶酪，但被拒绝了。哼哼很感激朋友的心意，但他说：“我不喜欢新奶酪，这不是我习惯吃的那一种。我只要我自己的奶酪回来。除非可以得到我想要的东西，否则我是不会改变主意的。”

唧唧失望地摇了摇头，不情愿地一个人踏上了自己的旅程。当走到他到达过的迷宫最深处时，他怀念起朋友来，但他明白，他喜欢的还是他的探险过程。虽然以前他希望的是得到充足的新奶酪，但现在他清楚使自己快乐的并不仅仅是奶酪而已。

他高兴的是，他不再受自己恐惧感的驱使。他喜欢自己正在做的事情。明白了这一点，唧唧不再像在奶酪C站时，对没有奶酪的日子感到那样无助了。他知道，他不会再让恐惧感阻碍自己。他选择了一个新的方向，身心得到了滋养，体力得到了加强。

现在，他觉得，找到自己想要的东西只是一个时间问题。事实上，他感到已经找到了他一直在寻找的东西。当他认识到这一点的时候，他不禁微笑起来，并在墙上写道：在迷宫中搜寻比停留在没有奶酪的地方更安全。唧唧还认识到，就像他曾经体会过的那样，你所害怕的东西根本没有你想象的那样糟糕，在你心里形成的恐惧比你的实际处境要更坏。

他曾经是如此害怕找不到新的奶酪，以至于他根本不想开始去寻找。然而一旦开始寻找的旅程，他就发现迷宫的走廊中有足够的奶酪使他继续找下去。现在，他期待找到更多的奶酪。只要朝前看，他就会因为有所期待而兴奋起来。他过去的思想被恐惧和忧虑蒙蔽了。过去考虑的总是没有奶酪，或者没有可以维持足够长时间的奶酪。以前总是觉得会把事情做好，而不是考虑把事情做好。在他离开奶酪C站后的日子里，一切都改变了。过去他习惯于认为，奶酪绝对不会被拿走改变总是不对的。现在，他知道，变化会不断地发生，这是很自然的事情，不管你是否希望如此。只有当你不希望变化，也不想追寻变化的时间，变化才会让你感到吃惊。当唧唧认识到自己的信念发生了改变时，他停下来，在墙上写道：陈旧的信念不会帮助你找到新的奶酪。

Now he felt that it was just a question of time before he found what he needed.In fact,he sensed he had already found what he was looking for.He smiled as he realized：It Is Safer To Search In The Maze Than Remain In A Cheeseless Station.Haw realized again,as he had once before,that what you are afraid of is never as bad as what you imagine.The fear you let build up in your mind is worse than the situation that actually exists.

He’d been so afraid of never finding New Cheese that he hadn’t even wanted to start looking.But since starting his journey,he had found enough Cheese in the corridors to keep him going.Now he looked forw ard to finding more.Just looking ahead was becoming exciting.His old thinking had been clouded by his worries and fears.He used to think about not having enough Cheese,or not having it last as long as he wanted.He used to think more about what could go wrong than what could go right.But that had changed in the days since he had left Cheese Station C.He used to believe that Cheese should never be moved and that change wasn’t right.Now he realized it was natural for change to continually occur,whether you expect it or not change could surprise you only if you didn’t expect it and weren’t looking for it.When he realized he had changed his beliefs,he paused to write on the wall：Old Beliefs Do Not Lead You To The New Cheese.

Haw hadn’t found any Cheese yet,but,as he ran through the Maze,he thought about what he had already learned.Haw now realized that his new beliefs were encouraging him to behave in a new way.He was behaving differently from the way he had when he had kept returning to the same cheeseless station.He now knew that when you change what you believe,you change what you do.You can believe that a change will harm you and resist it.Or you can believe that finding New Cheese will help you,and em brace the change.It all depends on what you choose to believe.

唧唧还没有找到奶酪，但在迷宫中穿行的时候，唧唧在想自己从中学到了什么。他意识到，新的信念鼓舞着他采取新的行动。他的行为再也不同于以住，再也不是总要回到同一个没有奶酪的地方。他知道，当你改变了自己的信念，你也就改变了自己的行为。

你可以相信，变化对你有害，你可以拒绝它；或者，你会相信寻找新奶酪对你有好处，你会拥抱这种变化。这些都取决于你选择相信什么。

他在墙上写道：当你发现你会找到新的奶酪并且能够享用它时，你就会改变你的路线。

He wrote on the wall：When You See That You Can Find New Cheese,You Change Course.

◆赏析◆

生活之中的变化可谓无处不在，大到工作岗位的调动、恋人的离去，小到天空由晴转阴、海水潮涨潮落。

大部分人面对生活中出其不意的“小意外”，最本能的反应是先抵触，再困惑。当然，所处的环境发生变化时，也有小部分人在短暂迷茫之后，能快速地分析形势，找寻最适合自己的突破口，从而调整策略，成为下一个收获成功的幸运儿。正如咱们今天推荐的寓言故事《谁动了我的奶酪？》（Who Moved My Cheese？）中的主人公唧唧。

曾经的唧唧过的日子多让人羡慕！他和好友小矮人哼哼以及伙伴小老鼠嗅嗅、匆匆共同生活在像天堂一般的世界。每天睁开眼睛，无需耗费过多的力气，就能享受到无比美味的奶酪。任窗外是晴是雨，世界是纷是扰，快活的四人组都能在奶酪的陪伴下，尽享人间美味，好不惬意！直到有一天，大伙儿醒来后，发现那犹如珍宝一般的奶酪居然消失了。这可怎么办？小老鼠嗅嗅和匆匆没有过人的智慧，它们还未来得及仔细思考，身体就忍不住往外冲了出去：先去找找别的奶酪再说吧。好友哼哼则一时难以接受这突如其来的改变，整日陷入郁郁寡欢之中，无法自拔。他幻想着曾经可口的奶酪能快点回到自己的世界。唧唧也不是没有过像好友哼哼这般的焦虑。不过，唧唧回望眼前这硕大的迷宫，禁不住纳闷：自己孤注一掷地等待是否值得？外面的世界是不是真像自己内心担忧的那般恐怖？如果打败了藏在心底那个胆小的恶魔，是不是真的能收获不一样的结局？

本篇节选的篇章惟妙惟肖地刻画了唧唧为了更鲜美的奶酪，克服内心的忐忑，下定决心走出家园的心理活动。当然，作为世界最受欢迎和最受尊敬的作家之一，善良的斯宾塞·约翰逊（Spencer Johnson），自然不会辜负如此用心付出、用生命在尝试改变的主人公唧唧。故事的最后，唧唧凭借自己永不妥协的精神，找到了像金矿般巨大的奶酪，还和自己的伙伴小老鼠嗅嗅和匆匆重逢，度过了简单而快乐的余生。

其实，跟这一路战胜自我、挑战创新、勇于前进的精神比起来，是否找到了新的奶酪，或者最终是否能过上更富足的生活已经不那么重要了。因为，一旦拥有了这些难能可贵的品质，无论未来会遇到怎样的风暴，不管是唧唧、嗅嗅和匆匆，还是每一个用真诚来迎接生活波澜的你、我、他，都能朝着更明亮的前方，坚定地走向成功。唯有克服内心对未知的恐惧，甚至带着些许自嘲精神，随着变化而变化，让不完美逐渐变得完美，才是我们打开幸福的唯一方式。

1.realize v.认识到 2.agility n. 敏捷

3.spot v.看出；认出 4.available adj.可用的；可得到的

5.dismay n.沮丧 6.retrace v.追溯

7.appreciate v.感谢；欣赏 8.gesture n.手势；姿势

9.reluctantly adv.迟疑地；不情愿地 10.nourish v.养育；喂养

11.corridor n.走廊 12.look forward to 盼望；期盼

13.resist v.阻止 14.embrace v. 拥抱