Sometimes everything's a struggle. Working. Parenting. Studying. All of it. The temptation at these times is to look for some inspirational celebrity or historical figure, someone who's achieved greatness despite incredible hardships and measure yourself up against them. To be inspirational means to make you feel full of hope or encouraged. And these people are all around us. It could be your favourite author who uses words like a paintbrush, painting emotions and feelings so real you can reach out and touch them and feel strengthened by their proximity. Or it could be a friend, who's going through the most awful time, struggling with the worst kinds of crippling anxiety and consuming depression, but still manages to get up every day and just carry on. It could be a lecturer who invokes such inspiration its hard not to be swept along and strive to be as passionate, empathetic and hardworking. It could be the friends who, no matter your starting mood...