The story of snake and firefly

 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬 # 168

🍀𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗻𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝘆 🍀

𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘚𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬.

𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥, 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 “𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘢𝘴𝘬 3 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶? “ 

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 “ 𝘈𝘮 𝘐 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘵?”

𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦 : “𝘕𝘰”

𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘺: “𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶”

𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦 : “𝘕𝘰”

𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘺: “𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘐 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨?”

𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦: “𝘕𝘰”

𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘺: “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦”

𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦: “𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦”

Well, life is full of such snakes who would not want us to shine for whatever reasons. 

🍁They will try to cause problem in whatever you do, will be jealous and try to harm you for no reason. 

🍁They will criticize your every move, will never be happy at your success and wish for your failure

🍁They can’t stand your shine, so they will search for a crack to dim your spark. 

⚡𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁 

Life will be full of such people but it is up to us how we deal with them

- whether we spend time thinking about them and trying to figure out why they are who they are, trying to put some sense into their minds 

OR 

- just ignore them and go about our business and keep shining. 

After all what goes out does come back!!

✨So just let these snakes be… Keep shining. Keep flying 

I leave you to this post Diwali break 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘢 𝑾𝒆𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒚........ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒈𝒖𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌... 𝑹𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆... 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 '𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔' 𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒆 '𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝑮𝒐𝒅' 𝒇𝒐𝒓! 😊

#𝖶𝖾𝖽𝗇𝖾𝗌𝖽𝖺𝗒𝖶𝗁𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗅𝖾𝗌



(𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘺 - 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳)

The Fuljhadi moment

𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬 # 167

🌟 The Fuljhadi Moment 🌟

At a conference I attended, an inspiring speaker introduced us to a simple but powerful idea — the Lollipop Moment.

💬 A Lollipop Moment is when you say or do something kind for someone — even a stranger — or when you acknowledge someone who did something kind for you.

The speaker asked us to turn to 4 people around us and say something nice to them.

What happened next was incredible — the room transformed. The energy shifted, people were smiling, connecting, and genuinely feeling better.

He encouraged us to try this in our daily lives — and watch the difference it makes in how we feel, think, and relate to others.

It reminded me of Maya Angelou’s powerful words:
“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Each of us has had such moments — A kind word from a stranger. A compliment from a teacher. Encouragement to try something new. These little things often become turning points.

As we celebrate Diwali, I like to think of these as ✨ Fuljhadi Moments ✨ — small sparks of joy, connection, and kindness.

Whether you're a leader, a parent, a friend, or a teammate — a Fuljhadi Moment can brighten someone’s day… or even change their life.

This festive season, let’s:

✅ Say something kind
✅ Thank someone who made a difference ✅ Create more moments that light up lives

Let’s spark joy. Let’s spread warmth. Let’s create Fuljhadi Moments — every day.

With Diwali round the corner I wish a fun filled Happy Diwali to you while I take a short break from whistling

Keep adding sparkles to your lives on this 𝑾𝒆𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒚........ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒈𝒖𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌... 𝑹𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆... 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 '𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔' 𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒆 '𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝑮𝒐𝒅' 𝒇𝒐𝒓! 😊

#𝖶𝖾𝖽𝗇𝖾𝗌𝖽𝖺𝗒𝖶𝗁𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗅𝖾𝗌

#Leadership #KindnessMatters #LollipopMoment #FuljhadiMoment #Diwali2025 #EmotionalIntelligence #Gratitude #HumanConnection #FestivalOfLights #LinkedInCommunity

The mask of goodness

 Wednesday 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗹𝗲 # 𝟭𝟲𝟲

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨

𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦.

𝘖𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘧𝘶𝘭. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯. 𝘏𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘢 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮

Sometimes, people leave a good impression — maybe because of a kind act, a helping hand, or simply being there when you needed support.You hold onto that image — of goodness, generosity, empathy.

But as time unfolds, you notice patterns…The way they react to others, their tone in disagreements, how they handle differences or criticism.And slowly, their true character starts to whisper louder than the one good deed ever did.

It’s then you realise — goodness isn’t about one-time gestures, it’s about consistent grace in everyday behaviour.

Kindness without humility fades into ego.Help without respect turns hollow.

So yes, a good deed deserves gratitude — but character deserves respect.And when behaviour overshadows the deed, it’s a gentle reminder:

Don’t confuse a moment of goodness with the goodness of a person.
Because, in the end — it’s not what someone did once,
but who they are repeatedly — that defines them
✨ Because one act earns appreciation…
But only character earns respect

Next time you see a good person, don't get impressed immediately but see how the person's character is before you give respect

I leave you to this 𝑾𝒆𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒚........ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒈𝒖𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌... 𝑹𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆... 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 '𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔' 𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒆 '𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝑮𝒐𝒅' 𝒇𝒐𝒓! 😊
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Did you just hmmmmm

 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬 # 165

𝙃𝙢𝙢𝙢𝙢….. 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙢𝙢𝙢𝙢? 😉

 I have always been amused by this word – hmmm…. More annoyed than amused

In a WhatsApp chat with a friend, I got a hmm…. And it kept me wondering what it meant. This word mostly puts me off as I look at it as an end to a conversation or lack of interest.

So, I ended the chat but the hmm would not go. I sat thinking about this small but strange word.

It’s such a small sound, yet it sneaks into so many moments of our lives.

I remember once, during a team meeting, a colleague presented an idea that was bold, unusual, and just a little unsettling. The room went quiet. And then, one by one, people went—“hmmm.”

That “hmmm” wasn’t just filler. It carried hesitation, curiosity, a pinch of doubt, and a lot of possibility.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘀, “𝗵𝗺𝗺𝗺” 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽. 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲. A bridge between what we know and what we are trying to figure out.

🍀When we don’t have an immediate answer → hmmm

🍀When something sparks a new line of thought → hmmm

🍀When we silently agree / disagree but don’t want to say it out loud → hmmm

🍀Or when we want to end the conversation, without making the other person uncomfortable → hmmm

🍀Or it’s just a gentle way of agreeing → hmmm

Hmmm is a pause - It’s almost like the mind whispering: “Wait, let me sit with this for a bit.”

In a world that pushes us to reply instantly, decide quickly, and move fast, maybe “hmmm” is a reminder. A reminder that it’s okay to pause, to let thoughts simmer, and to give space before jumping to conclusions.

So, the next time you catch yourself or someone else saying hmmm, don’t dismiss it. Smile. You’re probably standing at the edge of a new idea, a hidden truth, or a different perspective.

At least I would do the same and not consider hmm as an end to conversation

After all, many great insights don’t begin with a loud declaration.

They begin softly… with just a little “hmmm.”

I leave you to this hmmmmming 𝑾𝒆𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒚........ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒈𝒖𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌... 𝑹𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆... 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 '𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔' 𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒆 '𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝑮𝒐𝒅' 𝒇𝒐𝒓! 😊

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