Was inspired this weekend : A story completely not about software engineering at all.
I got a thank you card this week. The story starts back in April. We were in church in my village, up the tower, when a local comes in, and all I think is ‘oh no, someone is complaining about the noise’. Turns out he liked the sound of church bells, as did his wife Shona, who had just died after a long illness. Even stranger, his wife was an architect, and designed the platform we were all standing on! His only request: “Please come ring at her wake in 2 months time”. I agreed, it’s a brilliant way to give someone their wish, by making their wake more memorable. I was nervous as can be, when the day finally came around, but I had a band and we snuck in and rang. We were even joined by the organist at the end. We had such a good time they had to chase us out because all the guests had already left for the party down the road. So I locked up and followed and was again astounded. When I got to the lady architects home (yes it was a smart looking home) I got to see her work studio. Her “office” was full of building scale models and every spare wall surface was covered by something she had painted. I was amazed how an architect could also be a prolific painter too. (The picture above is a detail from one of her many thousands of paintings.) She was such a helpful person, that the wake had crammed the church, and now filled a huge back garden. And that although many people knew her, she was not ever famous. She just did a lot of good. Have been on a high all weekend inspired to work even half as hard as Shona had.
This story was not my only inspiration this week, what has been your new inspiration?