1After a while Haw made his way back to Cheese Station C and found Hem.

2He offered Hem bits of New Cheese, but was turned down.

3Hem appreciated his friend's gesture but said, "I don't think I would like New Cheese. It's not what I'm used to. I want my own Cheese back and I'm not going to change until I get what I want." Haw just shook his head in disappointment and reluctantly went back out on his own. As he returned to the farthest point he had reached in the Maze, he missed his friend, but realized he liked what he was discovering. Even before he found what he hoped would be a great supply of New Cheese, if ever, he knew that what made him happy wasn't just having Cheese.

4He was happy when he wasn't being run by his fear. He liked what he was doing now. Knowing this. Haw didn't feel as weak as he did when he stayed in Cheese Station C with no Cheese. Just realizing he was not letting his fear stop him, and knowing that he had taken a new direction, nourished him and gave him strength.

5Now he felt that it was just a question of time before he found what he needed. In fact, he sensed he had already found what he was looking for.

6He smiled as he realized:

7[It Is Safer To Search In The Maze Than Cheeseless Situation.]

8Haw realized again, as he had once before, 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.

9He'd been so afraid of never finding New Cheese that he didn't even want to start looking.

10But since starting his journey, he had found enough Cheese in the corridors to keep him going. Now he looked forward to finding more. Just looking ahead was becoming exciting.

11His old thinking had been clouded by his worries and fears. He used to think about not having enough Cheese, or not having it last as long as he wanted.

12He used to think more about what could go wrong than what could go right.

13But that had changed in the days since he had left Cheese Station C.

14He used to believe that Cheese should never be moved and that change wasn't right.

15Now he realized it was natural for change to continually occur, whether you expect it or not.

16Change could surprise you only if you didn't expect it and weren't looking for it.

17When he realized he had changed his beliefs, he paused to write on the wall:

18[Old Beliefs Do Not Lead You To New Cheese.]

19Haw hadn't found any Cheese yet, but as he ran through the Maze, he thought about what he had already learned.

20Haw now realized that his new beliefs were encouraging new behaviors. He was behaving differently than when he kept returning to the same cheeseless station.

21He knew that when you change what you believe, you change what you do.

22You can believe that a change will harm you and resist it. Or you can believe that finding New Cheese will help you and embrace the change.

23It all depends on what you choose to believe.He wrote on the wall:

24[When You See That You Can Find And Enjoy New Cheese,You Change Course.]

25Haw knew he would be in better shape now if he had dealt with the change much sooner and left Cheese Station C earlier. He would feel stronger in body and spirit and he could have coped better with the challenge of finding New Cheese. In fact, he probably would have found it by now if he had expected change, rather than wasting time denying that the change had already taken place.

26He used his imagination again and saw himself finding and savoring New Cheese. He decided to proceed into the more unknown parts of the Maze, and found little bits of Cheese here and there. Haw began to regain his strength and confidence.

27As he thought back on where he had come from. Haw was glad he had written on the wall in many places. He trusted that it would serve as a marked trail for Hem to follow through the Maze, if he ever chose to leave Cheese Station C.

28Haw just hoped he was heading in the right direction. He thought about the possibility that Hem would read The Handwriting On The Wall and find his way.

29He wrote on the wall what he had been thinking about for some time:

30[Noticing Small Changes Early Helps You Adapt To The Bigger Changes That Are To Come.]