My inspiration this week is Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

In the face of bullying behaviour, angry shouting and some serious back-pedalling on expectations, he maintained his composure.  He conducted himself with dignity and did not allow himself to be bullied.

I’m not a massive fan of Kipling but I was reminded of the line,

‘If you can keep your head when all about you,
are losing theirs and blaming it on you…’

Well, from what I saw, Zelenskyy can and did keep his head.

None of us are going through anything remotely like the problems he faces every day, so if he can keep his head, we should be able to follow suit.  That’s the inspiration.

I have been known to mutter that if women ruled the world, it would be a very different place.  I am ready to concede that if more men like Zelenskyy held power, it would also be a different – and better – world.