We ran a competition to find out 'what inspires you'. We received some really amazing responses, and after much deliberation we are pleased to announce our winner is Heidi Allen. Here's her entry.
"What inspires me are my penfriends. I am 54 years old and write letters since I was 12 years old. I try to keep the postal service running! Today I had letters from Canada, Vanuatu,Germany and The Netherlands. I learned about the worries of government workers in Vanuatu. Will they keep their jobs or not? I learned about the concerns of a check out lady at a big departement store in Canada.Will her working conditions improve or not after extensive renovations? I learned about the problems of a Dutch lady with autistic spectrum disorder and I learned about the long days of farmworkers on a large farm in the east of Germany. What a way to start your day connected with the world via old fashioned letters!"