谁动了我的奶酪阅读报告 双语小说阅读:《谁动了我的奶酪》(19)

双语小说阅读:《谁动了我的奶酪》(19)  

The group was quiet as several people thought about their own lives.
"Well
" Jessica said
"most people here are talking about jobs
but as I listened to the story
I thought about my personal life. I think my current relationship is 'Old Cheese' that has some pretty serious mold on it."
Cory laughed in agreement. "Me too. I probably need to let go of a bad relationship."
柯瑞笑出声来，表示赞同："我也是。我也许我现在最该采取行动的就是让一段不愉快的关系尽快过去。"
Angela countered
"Or
perhaps the 'Old Cheese' is just old behavior. What we really need to let go of is the behavior that is the cause of our bad relationship. And then move on to a better way of thinking and acting."
"Ouch!" Cory reacted. "Good point. The New Cheese is a new relationship with the same person."
Richard said
"I'm beginning to think there is more to this than I thought. I like the idea of letting go of old behavior instead of letting go of the relationship. Repeating the same behavior will just get you the same results.
"As far as work goes
maybe instead of changing jobs I should be changing the way I am doing my job. I'd probably have a better position by now if I did."
Then Becky
who lived in another city but had returned for the reunion
said
"As I was listening to the story and to everyone's ments here
I've had to laugh at myself. I've been like Hem for so long
hemming and hawing and afraid of change. I didn't realize how many other people did this as well. I'm afraid I've passed it on to my children without even knowing it.
"As I think about it
I realize change really can lead you to a new and better place
although you're afraid it won't at the time.
"I remember a time when our son was a sophomore in high school. My husband's job required us to move from Illinois to Vermont and our son was upset because he had to leave his friends. He was a star swimmer and the high school in Vermont had no swim team. So
he was angry with us for making him move.
"As it turned out
he fell in love with the Vermont Mountains
took up skiing
skied on his college team and now lives happily in Colorado.
"If we had all enjoyed this Cheese story together
over a cup of hot chocolate
we could have saved our family a lot of stress."
Jessica said
"I'm going home to tell my family this story. I'll ask my children who they think I am -- Sniff
Scurry
Hem or Haw -- and who they feel they are. We could talk about what we feel our family's Old Cheese is and what the New Cheese could be."
"That's a good idea
" Richard said
surprising everyone -- even himself.
Frank then mented
"I think I'm going to be more like Haw and move with the Cheese and enjoy it! And I'm going to pass this story along to my friends who arc worried about leaving the military and what the change might mean to them. It could lead to some interesting discussions."
Michael said
"Well
that's how we improved our business. We had several discussions about what we got from the Cheese story and how we could apply it to our situation.
"It was great because we had language that was fun for us to use to talk about how we were dealing with change. It was very effective
especially as it spread deeper into the pany."