A Mug, a Mouse, and a Harvard Psychologist
A hope experiment.
Imagine you were thrown into water without knowing how to swim.
Would you flail around until somebody came to help you?
Would you give up and sink underneath the surface?
Would you figure out a way to keep yourself afloat?
How would you survive?
When Molly the Mouse came to me with answers to these questions, at first, I was skeptical. But after listening to her story, I realized something.
Molly had been thrown into water without knowing how to swim. And not to mention, it was by a Harvard Psychologist, who also happened to be her best friend.
Thankfully, she lived to tell the tale.
“I met Dr. Richter just a few days into my young adult life. We hit it off instantly. We ate cheese and crackers together. We supported one another as we worked late into the night. We cared for each other. You know, the usual best friend things.
“One morning started as all other mornings did. Dr. Richter filled up his mug of coffee, let it cool, and then slowly drank it over the next few hours. However, whereas he normally would rinse out his mug and leave it in the sink, that morning he did something different. That morning, he…
