I read something this weekend that was so powerful, that I felt I had a moral obligation to share it with you today…

During a highly controversial research experiment conducted at Harvard University in the 1950’s, Dr. Curt Richter placed live rats in a pool of water to test how long they would be able to tread water and survive…

On average, they’d give up and subsequently sink after 15 minutes of treading to keep their heads slightly above water.

The researchers observed this and when they determined the rats had totally given up “due to exhaustion”, they then would pluck them out before they drowned…

Dry them off…

Let them rest for a few minutes…

And then put them back in water for a second round.

On this second attempt, which again, would happen just minutes after the first where the rats had “completely given up” after an average of 15 minutes due to “total exhaustion”…

Guess how long they lasted?

Another 15 minutes? 10 minutes? 5 minutes?

Not even close…

They lasted an average of 60 hours!

You read that right! No BS.

They swam for 60 hours straight.

How could this even be possible?

The conclusion that was reached by the brilliant scientists at Harvard was, since the rats BELIEVED they would eventually be rescued, they were able push their bodies wayyyyy past what they previously thought to be possible.

So I would like to leave this with you today…

If HOPE can help exhausted rats summon the strength to swim for 2 and ½ days straight, just  imagine what a little belief in yourself and what truly you’re capable of could do for YOU.

Remember to BELIEVE.

Remember who you are.

Remember everything you’ve been through has already given you the strength to overcome anything life throws in your path.

Keep swimming my friends.