what would you do

　　if you weren’t afraid?

　　haw now realized that the change probably would not have taken him by surprise if he had been watching what was happening all along and if he had anticipated change. he stopped for a rest & wrote on the wall of the maze:

　　smell the cheese often

　　so you know

　　when it is getting old.

　　haw wondered if hem had moved on, or if he was still paralyzed by his own fears. then, haw remembered the times when he had felt his best in the maze. it was when he was moving along. he wrote:

　　movement in a new direction helps you find

　　new cheese.

　　as haw started running down the dark corridor, he began to smile. haw didn’t realize it yet, but he was discovering what nourished his soul. he was letting go & trusting what lay ahead for him, even though he did not know exactly what it was.

　　to his surprise, haw started to enjoy himself more & more. he stopped to write again on the wall:

　　when you move beyond your fear,

　　you feel free.

　　who moved my cheese?

　　to make things even better, haw started to paint a picture in his mind again. he saw himself in great realistic detail, sitting in the middle of a pile of all his favorite cheeses-from cheddar to brie! he saw himself eating the many cheeses he liked, & he enjoyed what he saw.

　　the more clearly he saw the image of himself enjoying new cheese, the more real & believable it became. he wrote:

　　imagining myself

　　enjoying new cheese,

　　even before i find it,

　　leads me to it.

　　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.

　　then he raced through the maze with greater strength & agility. until he found bits of new cheese. he entered the cheese station but it was empty. someone had already been there.

　　he stopped & wrote on the wall:

　　the quicker you

　　let go of old cheese,

　　the sooner

　　you find new cheese.

　　haw made his way back to cheese station c to offer hem bits of new cheese but was turned down. hem wanted his own cheese back. haw just shook his head in disappointment but this does not stop him from finding new cheese. he smiled as he realized:

　　it is safer

　　to search in the maze

　　than remain

　　in the cheeseless situation.

　　haw realized again, 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 realizes 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 & 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