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[ Culture ] Cheese Movements

Who Moved My Cheese? --

I have wanted to read it since it came out but, somehow, it seemed just too childish, too short for a real book, a bit too long for a parable.

Well, last Friday, I was just passing through the Sun Library building on my way back to my office from a meeting in an adjacent building, and it was sitting right there, on the display shelves of the library.

My 6 year old (Negin) still likes me to read stories to her although she's becoming a very good reader herself. So, this seemed like an ideal choice. We read it in one sitting, and it was good. I could not have done it on my own or without her listening. Maybe we'll read it again. See, children like to read the same book over and over again. (Next morning, Negin told the story of Sniff, Scurry, Hem and Haw, to her mother.) My 10 year old daughter (Yasmine) says there's a "kid's version" they have read in 5th grade.

The author has a virtual place for the book.

It is interesting how little tales can turn into prospering businesses.

As a child, I used to read the classical Persian writer Sa'di, say his Golistan (written in the 13th century A.D.). Sa'di transmitted his lessons of life, effortlessly, in hundreds of little hekayat (parables) written in Persian poetry and prose.

Every inhalation of the breath prolongs life and every expiration of it gladdens our nature; wherefore every breath confers two benefits and for every benefit gratitude is due.

There was a time when the wise had these tales to say and people would gather and listen, for free.

Now, to learn, you must pay, and since you pay, there are no guarantees you'd learn.

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