Optimism Is a Muscle: Eli Sharabi, 491 Days as a Hamas Hostage #Shorts

to stay optimistic in that [music] moment. Uh it's not very easy but hope is something that [music] you walk on and optimism is like a muscle. So especially it was very necessary to keep on that and working on [music] this uh optimism was in the last 6 months in the starvation. So I started to force them the the other hostages to [music] say at least one thing good thing that happened to them in the same day and um and they look at me in the beginning like I lost it but uh again I really forced them [music] and um try to convince them it will be good for them. >> What were some of the things they said? What what in that situation what's something someone could find? >> It was all connected to a basic things about [music] usually it was about food. if you got more or not or if we got you know it was a salt in the food or not or or not or um or we got a tea [music] or tea with the sugar. It was a very good day. So things like that and after 2 or 3 weeks each one of the hostages um [music] said at least three or four good things that happened to him in the same day and [music] every day we just we finish with that at night. It's gave you lots of strength to wake up the the next morning and to hope that it will be a better