EP176: Keep Hope Alive!

In the 1950's, researcher Curt Richter conducted a study. The intent of this study was to find out how long rats would be willing to swim in a jar that they couldn't escape. The first couple of rats placed in the jar didn't fight too long. They swam around on the surface and shortly after, they packed it in and called it a day. They lost their will to fight fairly quick. Then, Richter tweaked the experiment. As he watched some of the rats swim nearly to the point of giving up, he would pick them up and hold them for a period of time, and then place them back in the water. What happened now is that the rats realized their situation wasn't hopeless. They knew that if they kept fighting, eventually someone would pick them up. They kept hope alive and because of that, they kept fighting. 

A call to action for this year: Keep hope alive, in yourself and in those who you surround yourself with!