Colours describe emotions. And it is the best way to convey our feelings without saying a word.

It was a long day, I, waking up very early to make it to my morning summer camp, Insportz, for four hours of sports. Naturally, upon returning home, I was tired, and aching from cramps and muscle pulls all over my body. I wasn't in a very good mood. I didn't know that was all about to change a few hours later.

I glanced at my SFS schedule, and noticed that today was an outing, to The Jam Jar.

Realising that if I was to make it on time, I would have to leave earlier, I hurried my lunch and shower and got ready to leave.

When I reached The Jam Jar, the bus with all the children had just arrived, and I noticed the expressions on all their faces. They were beaming with happiness, they were looking forward to this day.

As we entered, we were given instructions from the authorities, and very silently followed them. We were told of the plastic containers we would use as palettes, the brushes of assorted sizes, and the three rows of acrylic paints we were entitled to use.

We were given descriptions of what the children wanted to paint, their imaginations exceeding ours, and we continuously flocked to the supplies to make sure the children had a variety of colours to choose from. As we watched the children patiently, gently answering their doubts, or retrieving colours for them, we watched universes unfold.

There is talent in every one of them. And as the day rolled on, the colours described emotions, the yellow in the sun, the green in the grass, the smile on their faces. The bursts of happiness when they stopped painting to observe what they had created, masterpieces.

There is talent in every one of them. And as they neared completion of their works, they noticed that there was more than colour to their canvases. There was talent, there was joy, there was happiness, there was satisfaction. They knew they could do it, and they did it.

It is not what sets them apart from us, it is what sets us apart from them. They can do everything we can, but they don't have the opportunities to. Whereas, when we can do a lot, we usually dispose of the opportunities, and find contentment in other things.

There is love in them. They have learned to love through pain. If one of us more fortunate people were subjected to pain through love, we would give up, almost as quick as reflex.

You see, we cannot say they are less fortunate than us. We have most of the physical world.

They have most of the emotions.

Colours describe emotions. And today, at The Jam Jar, sugar never tasted so sweet.