Rainn Wilson

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3,063 appearances 12 recordings 7 series first heard Jul 2024 last heard 7 Jul

Rainn Wilson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Well, so there's a book called Help, Thanks, Wow by Anne Lamott.

And those are the three types of prayer that she talks about.

help like, oh, divine forces, God, universe, help me through this difficult time.

Thanks, which is just gratitude.

Thanks, I'm alive.

Thanks, I'm healthy.

Thank you for getting my cousin Ronnie through that difficult time.

And wow, which is expression of awe, of wonder, of curiosity.

And I think even for people that are more on the science side or people that are more on the faith and religion side,

awe and wonder and curiosity are something that brings us all together.

And nature, you know, really inspires awe and wonder.

The stars at night, the magnificence of a tree, you know, watching a hummingbird feed.

That is...

a scientific awe and wonder, and it's also a spiritual awe and wonder.

So a meditation practice, a prayer practice that has to do with gratitude.

I also have a gratitude text chain every day, sending out gratitudes to a bunch of friends because

We are wired, I believe, and some studies have shown that we are wired for anxiety because that's what got our species to this point.

We're always on the lookout for some kind of danger and we hear a twig snap and we fear the worst.

We don't think it's just...

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