Rainn Wilson believes he can learn a "valuable lesson" from part of his home being destroyed by fire
The 58-year-old star revealed last month that his house had "almost burned down" in a mountain fire that swept through Ventura County and over the weekend, he shared a video of himself walking through the charred remains that had been damaged by the blaze
19 December 2024
He said in a video shared to his 'Soul Boom' podcast's Instagram account: "Well, this is not something I ever thought I'd be doing. Walking through the remains of my bedroom and my closet and my bathroom, and there's my toilet. My charred toilet...
"There's some kind of valuable lesson here. I'm not sure what it is - kind of death and fire teaches you a lesson about the impermanence of life and the preciousness of what we have."
"So I hope you all stay grateful today, for what you have".
Rainn then asked his followers what lessons they thought he would learn from the disaster.
He added: "It's all a little much for me. I get so overwhelmed, my brain just goes offline - I can barely process it."
The 'Office' star ended his video by noting that he is "grateful" most of the property is still intact.
He added in a caption: "Amid the ashes is sometimes ... where we best reflect on what truly holds value in our lives."
Rainn - who has 20-year-old son Walter with wife Holiday Reinhorn - previously admitted he felt like one of the "luckiest people" in the area after a number of his neighbours "completely lost" their homes in the fire.
He wrote on Instagram last month: "We are some of the luckiest people in Ventura County. The Mountain fire was absolutely devastating and two of our closest neighbors completely lost their houses.
"So grateful and appreciative of the amazing firemen and rescue workers that saved our house!!! (I love our crazy Ventura County!) (sic)"
The 'Lessons in Chemistry' actor thanked his wife and others for helping to save their animals too.
He added: "@HolidayReinhorn evacuated our pigs and various animals With some help from our assistant Lisa, and our handyman Scott, who happened to be there installing some new door knobs.
"Have a newfound appreciation and respect for the power and devastation of these wildfires. First one to hit our community in well over 50 years. Increased drought and extreme weather due to climate change is accelerating these events like nobody's business.
"Prayers for the good Venturans devastated by this terrible event. Please give to the @cafirefound at the link in my bio."
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