“The Fire Doesn’t Apologize for the Smoke”
(Mistakes are not a problem. Silence is.)
Let me tell you something honest today.
Every week, I meet amazing learners — smart, sincere, hardworking — but still stuck in one place.
Why?
Because they want to speak perfectly.
They want zero grammar errors.
They want to sound like an RJ, with a perfect flow and zero mistakes.
So they keep waiting.
Waiting to be “ready”.
Waiting for that day when they’ll speak without fumbling.
But that day… never comes.
And that’s when I tell them this:
“Beta, fire doesn’t stop just because smoke is coming.”
The Fire Burns Anyway.
Have you ever seen a bonfire?
It doesn’t look polished.
It’s not clean. It’s not quiet.
It crackles. It smokes. It creates heat, sparks, noise.
And yet, everyone feels its power.
Its energy. Its warmth.
That’s your voice.
When you speak — even with mistakes, even with awkward pauses — there’s a fire inside you trying to come out.
Yes, there might be smoke — some grammar errors, a wrong tense, a hesitation.
But don’t say sorry for that.
Fluency doesn’t come from perfection. It comes from persistence.
A Real Speaker Is Not the One Who Knows Everything.
A real speaker is the one who speaks anyway.
Even if there’s some smoke.
Even if the voice shakes a little.
Even if the words don’t land perfectly.
Because courage is what lights the fire.
And consistency is what keeps it alive.
So don’t say sorry for speaking with mistakes.
Say sorry for not speaking at all.
