to all the above. Also people who manage to struggle through/make the best of difficult situations. I know someone my age who was three children and a very ill fiancé. She gets a lot of stick for having three kids aged 22 but she handles herself and her family amazingly well and I think she's quite inspirational.
I'd say the four most amazing people in my life are:
- The two welfare tutors who looked after me at uni when I got really ill. They went far above the
call of duty to care for me, sacrificing a lot for little gain. They stood up for me at personal cost and fought to get me treated. They were completely selfless with their time despite their own vast personal problems and made it possible for me to do my Finals and leave uni with a degree and in relatively OK health. They were incredibly gracious in their care of me and still look out for me even now I've left. One of these tutors in particular fought so hard to help me get better and despite getting into trouble and the voices in my head telling me to kill her, she never thought badly of me and never stopped caring or pushed me away
- My best friend Tom. He's just the most amazing person on earth and reminds me there are good people in the world
He's funny, loyal, insanely intelligent, extremely kind, gentle, sensitive... he's just wonderful. He's a real inspiration. One of the things I love most about him is that his compassionate and caring friendship for me overrides personal issues that would usually have prevented us becoming the best friends that we are. That means a lot to me
- My mum. Only earner in our house and she's spent years going out and earning all the money, helping with the homework, doing most of the cooking, looking after us when we're so ill, etc. All with a hole in her heart. What a trooper