I'm re-reading "Who moved my cheese." It is a story about two mice (Sniff and Scurry) and two little people (Hem and Haw). They represent the four typical ways we respond to change. Although the story teaches many principles about change, what the author calls The Handwriting on the Wall, the one principle that caught my attention was, Move With the Cheese.
As simple and obvious as this sounds, the struggle for me is being willing and able to leave what I know for the unknowns ahead, even though there's nothing here (no cheese) anymore.
The point of the story is that things change and it is best if we pay attention to the changes as they are occurring, adapt to them and then move with them. We will be happier and more productive if we do not resist or ignore change.
Change is hard. Fear is formidable. Yet ministry without a mission is a cheese-less situation for me and worth facing my fears and making changes for. Paul's Online is my new cheese. I haven't found the big stash of various types of new cheese yet at New Cheese Station N (you'll have to read the book to understand this) but I'm excited about the possibilities that lie ahead. At least I'm moving with the cheese now.
