Have you ever gone against the will of a group and stood by your beliefs, despite the pressure that is being put on you?
My dad has just left after a relaxing afternoon of catching up and I'm left here to sit and reflect on what has just happened.
Three and a half years ago my grandad, David Shaw, died, aged 94. Two years earlier I sat down and chatted with him about his life and recorded the conversations. For the first time since I have just sat down with my dad and listened to them again. It was as though he came down to join us one more time, bearing some powerful lessons.
He lived in a different time, almost a different universe.
With no money, he joined the RAF, in 1940. He had to go and train in the USA and then in Canada....