This year, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been the patient heroine who has shown us that sometimes goodness is enough.
Her quiet but firm message could not have been clearer, and her call for democracy since her election as Burma's leader has tested her country just as her personal sacrifice has agonised so many.
It has been a privilege for my husband Gordon and I to have supported her campaign over so many years, and so heartwarming to see her gentle smile as she emerged from house release to greet the crowds around her home. And what a joy to see her greet her son Kim for the first time after such an unbearable long separation.
Let's hope that 2011 brings the democratic change that Burma so desperately needs for its people – and peace and togetherness for Aung San Suu Kyi's family.
