Bhavin Shukla

Cartoon characters have so much to teach us – take James P. Sullivan from Monsters, Inc., or Po and Shifu from Kung Fu Panda, for example.

One of my personal favourites is a kind-hearted and lovable bear named Winnie the Pooh. He’s full of warmth and gentle wisdom. Pooh lives in the Hundred Acre Wood alongside his dear friends Piglet, Tigger, and Eeyore.

Imagine if Winnie the Pooh and all his friends had mobile phones, perhaps their story would unfold something like this…

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Winnie the Pooh’s leaked WhatsApp chat

From Hundred Acre Wood

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One sunny morning, Pooh 🧸cheerfully texted Piglet 🐷:
“I have something special 🍯 for you! May I come over and give it?”

Piglet stayed silent. 😶
Pooh asked again… and again…
Still, nothing but quiet. 😶😶
So Pooh gently said, “Okay 👍” and waddled along.

This time, he reached out to Tigger.
But Tigger, too, said nothing 😶
Pooh tried once… twice… thrice, but 😶😶😶
Then with a soft sigh, he said, “Okay 👍” and carried on.

Not one to give up easily, Pooh thought maybe another day would be better. He said to Piglet,
“Shall we meet another day? I still have something special 🍯 for you!”

Piglet replied,
“Okay, that would be nice.”

Pooh lit up with joy! He even made a plan and waited excitedly.
But just as the moment arrived, Piglet messaged last-minute:
“I have a runny nose 🤧. I can’t make it.”
Pooh replied, ever kind: “Okay 👍”

A few days later, Piglet suggested,
“Let’s meet another day.”

Pooh, hopeful again, said “Okay 👍”
But on that day, Piglet texted: 🥹
Pooh’s heart sank: 😭
Still, he replied with grace: “Okay 👍”

Later, in the quiet of his own mind, the Wise Pooh 🧐 began speaking with the Sad Pooh 😞 who lived within him.

Wise Pooh 🧐: “Are you feeling down, Pooh?”
Sad Pooh 😞: “Yes…”

Sad Pooh 😞: “What went wrong? Am I being taken for granted? What does your wisdom say?”

Wise Pooh 🧐:

“Live with the flow.“

Sad Pooh 😞: “You mean… acceptance?”
Wise Pooh 🧐: “Not quite. I mean,

“Do not chase life; let life come to you.“

Sad Pooh 😞: “But I tried to make Piglet and Tigger happy. Isn’t that what a Pooh bear does?”

Wise Pooh 🧐: “You did your part, dear bear. But here’s the secret—
Focus your energy on nurturing what flows naturally to you, rather than trying to force or control outcomes you desire!

“If something doesn’t happen, trust that it wasn’t meant to, and that’s for your own good.”

Pooh listened 🤓
Pooh understood 🫡
Pooh smiled softly 🫠

And so, the Sad Pooh 😞 became the Blessed Pooh 😇.
He treated himself with what he brought for Piglet and Tigger🍯 and declared:
“Time to go back to doing nothing!”

Wise Pooh 🧐 added with a chuckle:
“The world says ‘nothing is hard’… but Pooh easily does nothing.”

And so, the Blessed Pooh 😇 strolled back into the Hundred Acre Wood—the magical forest of books, stories, and gentle thoughts.
There, he sat down with a maska jam sandwich 🥪 and a comforting cup of tea ☕️.

As he sipped and smiled, he thought:

“Sometimes, being in the woods… is like being out of the woods.”

Oh, bother! 😇

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Pooh’s Wisdom

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