The Colors of Every Dream

 

A Little Girl and Her Unfinished Paintings

In a small, peaceful town lived a twelve-year-old girl named Meesha. Her dreams were bigger than the sky, brighter than the stars, and deeper than the stories she carried inside her.

Her bedroom walls were covered with sketches
Half-finished sunsets…
Incomplete faces…
Worlds drawn only till their outlines…

Because Meesha had a strange habit:
She never finished any artwork.

Her friends teased her.
Neighbors called it “laziness.”
But Meesha knew the truth
Her heart lived in colors.

Whenever she held a pencil, time stopped.
But her home carried one silent struggle poverty.

Colors, brushes, sketchbooks everything was costly.
Her mother worked long hours as a tailor.
Her father spent his days as a factory laborer.

“Meesha, finish your chores first,” her mother would say.

“But Mama… I was drawing”

“Dreams can wait, beta. Hunger cannot,” her mother said softly.

Meesha understood, but her heart always felt heavy like an unfinished sketch.

The Unfinished Painting That Changed Everything

One morning, her school announced an Art Competition.

Theme: “My Dream World.”

Meesha’s heart fluttered with excitement… then cracked quietly.

She didn’t have new colors.
Her drawing sheet was old and folded.
Her paintbrushes barely worked.

Still, she whispered to herself,
“Dreams don’t need perfect tools. I’ll create something with what I have.”

That night, she sat under her tiny lamp, shivering in the cold breeze.
Slowly, she sketched her dream world:

A mighty mountain…
A colorful sky…
A small girl reaching up to the clouds…

But each time she tried painting something beautiful, her colors finished.

The tree remained half brown…
The sky was incomplete…
The fruits on the branches stayed uncolored…

And yet, she continued.

By sunrise, her drawing was ready
unfinished, imperfect… and breathtaking.

The Day of the Competition

At school, Meesha held her drawing close.
Other kids carried fancy paints, glitter sheets, giant canvases, and expensive brushes.

Some laughed at her.

“Your tree isn’t even colored properly!”
“You won’t win with that messy picture!”

Meesha stayed silent.
Something inside her had become stronger than shame.

When the judges reached her desk, they froze.

One of them asked,
“Why is your sky half painted?”

Meesha took a deep breath and answered softly:

“Sir… I didn’t have enough colors.
But I didn’t want to stop.
I feel this incompleteness tells a story.
Every dream begins incomplete.
Completing it is our journey.”

The judges stared at her artwork again this time, with admiration.

 The Unbelievable Result

The entire hall buzzed as the results began.

Third prize…
Second prize…

Meesha’s name wasn’t called.

Her heart sank.

Then suddenly
“First Prize  Meesha Khan!”

The hall fell silent in surprise.

A judge walked up to the stage and announced:

“We didn’t choose her artwork for perfect color or technique.
We chose it because of her courage, creativity, and depth.
Her picture tells us something powerful
Dreams remain beautiful even when incomplete, because we complete them with our effort.”

The students clapped.
Her teachers smiled.
Meesha cried tears of pure joy.

 The Story That Went Viral

One of the judges, a famous art blogger, wrote about her:

“The Girl Who Painted With Half Colors but Full Dreams.”

The post went viral.

People began sending Meesha gifts
Color sets, brushes, sketchbooks, canvases.

An NGO offered her a free scholarship for art training.
A popular online magazine named her Young Artist of the Month.

Meesha finally had all the tools she once dreamed of.
But she never replaced her very first unfinished painting.

She hung it on her wall as a reminder:

“Dreams are beautiful even when they’re incomplete because we are the ones who complete them.”

Meesha Today

Years passed…

Meesha grew into a professional artist.
Her paintings sold globally.
She traveled, taught children, and held exhibitions.

Whenever she spoke to young artists, she would say:

“Don’t fear things that are incomplete.
Fear giving up before you even try.”

Her mother often wiped tears while watching her interviews on TV.

“My daughter completed her dreams…
And I will never forget her first incomplete painting,” she would whisper.

Story Message

Every big dream begins small and incomplete

Lack of resources does NOT mean lack of talent

Courage + honesty + effort = destiny

Never wait for perfect tools start with what you have

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