Rainn Wilson

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...

Yeah, yeah.

It's a bear.

They're going to eat our face off.

And so we're kind of wired to look for the worst out there.

And what would that be like to recalibrate that?

And gratitude helps us do that.

Meditation, all of these practices, prayer and gratitude practice, kind of rewire your brain.

And if you can do it in the morning, even for just 10 or 15 minutes, like,

it's profound how much it can change your day.

It's kind of like going to the gym.

No one likes to go to the gym.

They don't want to go to the gym.

It's like, I can't wait to go to the gym.

But you come out the other end and you're like, wow, I'm so glad I went to the gym.

I feel great all day.

And six hours later, you're like, I had so much more energy today and I feel good in my body, even though that was a pain in the ass.