Written by Urvi Shah

Samara loves to paint hoping to become a painter when she grows up. Azure ocean, deep green mountains, vast magenta skies and silvery nights fill her dreams, her hopes and her life for a while till one day, without warning, a visitor knocks at her innocent door. A formless, invisible visitor who only has a voice. A shrill and sharp voice that rebukes and criticises, judges and mocks, making her destroy all her paintings.

Samara, unable to fight the voice, gives up painting, her one true joy. Time flies. She begins working at an office. Growing forlorn with every passing day, she finds herself wondering, “How can I be happy?”. Grace answers her call. One evening, witnessing a beautiful sight in the skies, her almost forgotten love for painting is reawakened. Rushing home to paint, the sharp voice as if waiting around the corner, comes back with a greater strength. However, this time Samara finds a way to defeat the voice.

Like Samara, many of us are confronted with such voices in our head. Often, these voices take away from us our most precious gifts, our unique and creative expressions. However, the inner being persists. And sometimes spontaneously, miraculously, like a burst of light, it comes forth, defeating the voices. And, with that victory, the dance of the Spirit on Earth begins, a true manifestation of our dreams and hopes.

FOR WHOM?
The story is for children (age 9+) and adults.

WHAT DOES THE STORY HELP WITH?
– Clearly seeing and ignoring the voices in our head that criticise, divide, judge and destroy
– Allowing one’s creative spirit to blossom in spite of these voices that try to stop us from aligning to our purpose and work on Earth
– Understanding that the light of us is stronger than any darkness in this world

A SNIPPET (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WprFiosQJmE