Who Moved My Cheese?

Just to let yal know, this is my writing contest letter thing.




Change can be a difficult thing. Some changes are big, some are small. But no matter how big or small they are, you half to cope and change with them. Last year was the best year I can remember. So much happened. First semester was really fun. I enjoyed all my classes, I had friends in almost all of my classes, and I was really disappointed when second semester came, because all of that would change. I would have new teachers, new kids in my classes that I didn’t know, and a whole new way of doing things. It turned out, that because of those changes, the second semester was better than the first. I made new friends, some classes were actually easier, and I had a lot of fun. The trouble was. After having such a good year, what would this year be like? I had a lot of friends in the grade above me. They would all go on to high-school. Some of my friends moved away, or ended up going to different schools. I felt like everything was going down the drain. That it wouldn’t be as enjoyable. I didn’t want to change.
Recently I read Who Moved My Cheese? A fun story that teaches a great lesson. Everyone that reads that book can relate to at least one of the characters in some way. After reading that book, and finding myself where I am, I think I relate to Haw. Reluctant at first to go and find new cheese. I was reluctant to make the most of my ninth grade year. But after reading your book, and last year’s experience, I am more convinced that this year could be even better than last year. I am now just starting back into the maze, and am finding bits and pieces of cheese along the way. One of my favorite things about this books are the thoughts they write on the wall. My favorite thought is "The Quicker You Let Go Of Old Cheese, The Sooner You Find New Cheese" The sooner I get over what has already past, the sooner I can enjoy what is going on now, and find my new room of cheese. Another saying I like was "Move with the Cheese" You go where you will be happy. Staying in a cheeseless station doesn’t do you any good, the cheese is gone, so why stay? I have new classes, new people to meet, so why just stand around and do nothing. The cheese will never come to me. I have to look, and seek it out on my own, that’s part of the adventure. Haw found he was a lot happier going through the maze, even without finding the cheese, than he was just standing around. I would be a lot happier if I went the extra mile to make new friends, and make things as enjoyable for me as they can. I really enjoyed this book, and it has helped me realize that the cheese will never remain in one spot, things in life happen that I can’t control, but what am I going to do about it? This book has helped me find the answer to that question "move with the cheese"

Darkness

Darkness, evil, suffering, the unknown. The word darkness can mean a lot of things, all of which refer to something wicked. In star wars the Dark Side is the bad side, the side of evilness. Darkness falls, a movie about an evil tooth fairy that can only kill you if you are in the darkness. In almost all the old black and white scary movies, the scary creatures and monsters come out during the night when it is dark. The Vampire hides from light under his black cape. The Werewolf howls at the moon during the middle of the night. When the only light is the light of the moon. In fact, most of the movie takes place at night, when the characters are up late. And the parts during the day are often skipped over. The only real source of light is the moon, which is often half covered by clouds. So what is it about the dark that is so scary? Mostly it is the fact that you can’t see, and for most, seeing is believing. It is the fact that you don’t know for sure what is out there. And you are left to wonder. Men fear what they cannot see and control. You cannot control what lurks in the dark with out knowing what it is. The dark side of the force is the unknown side of the force. And when sought after, only suffering can come from it. Heck has often been referred to as Outer Darkness. A place of misery and endless woe. So with all this evil and death relating to darkness, it’s no wonder that every kid you meet is afraid of the dark. I’m still freaked out when I have to go down into my grandma’s basement alone. Because when I was younger, my uncles would flip the lights of and then pop out wearing the latest scary mask they had gotten. I still keep an eye on the light switch the few times I go down there.
The bad guys in movies are always dressed in dark clothing. Darth Mal the evil sith apprentice, dresses in black, Darth Vader, black. The sith, black. And sometimes the darker clothes you wear, the darker you become.
Darkness is where the monsters lurk, in your dirty dark closet, under your bed concealed in the darkness of all your junk. But the moment the light is turned on and the closet opened, monsters are just a figment of your imagination, of course they are not there. They only come out in the dark, with those big glowing green eyes. Maybe that is why so many kids have night lights these days. To scare the evil darkness dwelling monsters out of your closet, or out from under your bed. Maybe to scare them into your sisters room or something.
Everyone gets afraid when they are left all alone in the dark. No matter how old you are you get that little jitter when you think of what could be out there, where you can’t see it. So my advice, stay in the light.

Greed

Greed is a powerful thing. No matter what it is you are greedy about. For most of us it is money, but it could be anything, food, chocolate, jewelry, toys, shoes, clothes, expensive items just in general. Greed for anything can lead us to do things that we wouldn’t normally do. Wether it is because it is bad, or because it is just a dumb thing to do. Take money for example. You see and hear about people robbing banks, gas-stations, grocery stores, and even restaurants. All because they want a little money. Gangs are constantly mugging people for their wallets or purses. It’s crazy what some people will do if they want it bad enough. Often times greed makes you lose what you already have. You take to many chances and eventually pay for them. Gamblers spend endless amounts of money thinking that the next pull will hit them the jackpot. More than 80% of them never do. And the ones that do win ten-thousand dollars, probable spent more than half of that much trying to win it. It’s crazy how much money the blow. They gamble till they go into dept, then try and gamble to get out of dept. Their hole gets bigger and deeper every day. Sometimes a persons greed drives them to killing people. Greed and jealousy are next door neighbors. Someone gets jealous because they applied for their dream job, they don’t make it, and they find out it is their arch enemy from high-school that they never liked cause he was mister rich pants, the get mad, jealous and end up killing him. Now it may seem like a silly thing but it happens, and even dumber sillier things happen every day because someone isn’t satisfied, or someone doesn’t get a bonus on their paycheck. Lying also lives on the same street jealousy and greed. People lie all the time on their taxes, when giving people change. I’ve heard of people dressing up like they’re real poor when they go to buy their Christmas trees, and acting like they don’t have a lot of money so they don’t have to pay full price for a tree. That’s seems pretty low. But people do it, just so they could save ten dollars on a tree that is supposed to represent light and truth. Kind of sad when you think about it. Mark Twain said "Honesty is the best policy- when there is money in it" The only thing wrong with that is that money isn’t often with honesty, but lying and cheating. This world is filled with liars and cheaters. If you don’t believe me walk into a Super Target, or an Albertson’s, the first thing you will see is a TV hanging from the ceiling, so the manager and workers can watch who comes in, they watch what people are doing, and they watch them leave. Why would they do this if they weren’t afraid someone was going to come in and steal something? They wouldn’t, they know if they were to trust people, they would be robbed and thieves would have a heyday there.
Greed is a big problem in this world. And most of this world is run by it. It destroys millions of lives everyday. The trick is, not letting it destroy yours.