Dr. Laurie Santos

But a lot of the studies show that hope is something that we build through our actions.

But a lot of the studies show that hope is something that we build through our actions.

So if you're feeling hopeless and you take action, you donate money to a cause you care about, you do something to help the crappy thing that's happening in the world, what happens is not just that you do something good for the world, you wind up starting to feel more hopeful because you took action.

So if you're feeling hopeless and you take action, you donate money to a cause you care about, you do something to help the crappy thing that's happening in the world, what happens is not just that you do something good for the world, you wind up starting to feel more hopeful because you took action.

It's this kind of interesting virtuous cycle.

It's this kind of interesting virtuous cycle.

So if you're feeling hopeless about whatever it is that's going on in the world, the way to fix that is to actually do something about that.

So if you're feeling hopeless about whatever it is that's going on in the world, the way to fix that is to actually do something about that.

This is true for lots of things that make us unhappy.

This is true for lots of things that make us unhappy.

Loneliness is another one of these things.

Loneliness is another one of these things.

Often when people are feeling lonely, they think, oh, I need to wait for a friend to reach out to me.

Often when people are feeling lonely, they think, oh, I need to wait for a friend to reach out to me.

But a really fast way to overcome loneliness is to do something nice for somebody else.

But a really fast way to overcome loneliness is to do something nice for somebody else.

Reach out to somebody else who you think might be lonely.

Reach out to somebody else who you think might be lonely.

And what happens is you wind up feeling less lonely.

And what happens is you wind up feeling less lonely.