04/01/2024
What is the Value of HOPE? Can it save your life?
During a study at Harvard in the 1950s, Dr. Curt Richter placed rats in a pool of water to test how long they could tread water.
On average they'd give up and sink after 15 minutes.
But right before they gave up due to exhaustion, the researchers would pluck them out, dry them off, let them rest for a few minutes - and put them back in for a second round.
In this second try - how long do you think they lasted?
Remember - they had just swam until failure only a few short minutes ago...
Would guess be:
Another 15 minutes?
30 minutes?
1 hour?
Nope! 60 hours!
That's not an error. That's right! 60 hours of swimming.
The conclusion drawn was that since the rats BELIEVED that they would eventually be rescued, they could push their bodies way past what they previously thought impossible.
Leave you with this thought: If hope can cause exhausted rats to swim for that long, what could a belief in God, or yourself/abilities and family & friends do for you?
Remember what we're capable of and focus on why we're here.
Keep swimming.
