Rainn Wilson

Like the miracle of being alive, the miracle of everything.

Wow.

Some of the most unhappy people I've met have been multimillionaires in Hollywood.

And on both sides of the cameras, like directors, writers, actors, big stars, agents.

A friend of mine told me like, if you're ever in an airport and you're just looking for the gate of people flying to LA and you didn't look up on the board, just look for the gate with the most beautiful people who also look the most miserable.

There you go.

It's kind of true.

Wow.

Yeah.

There's so much to talk about to unpack around that.

I mean, gosh, I think that number one, it's really important to understand for people to understand that there is a lot of struggle going on and people might really present well on social media and on talk shows and in their books and whatnot.

But

People are struggling and, you know, big, I'm not saying I'm a big star, but like big stars that I know that are, you know, very successful, they really have struggles and struggles in interpersonal relationships and, and in doubt and self-esteem.

And, um, I feel like the, the road to self-love is just a road through struggles.

You know, this brings me to this Buddhist idea, and I talk a lot about this in Soul Boom.

I reference Buddhism a lot because I've learned so much from studying it.

But the Buddha has, as you know, the Four Noble Truths, which are kind of the foundation of Buddhist thought and the elimination of suffering.

So one of the key...

Not the only thing the Buddha came for, but the Buddha came to help relieve suffering.

So life is suffering.