From SGI USA, I'm Cassidy Bradford and this is bootability.

The weekly series where I talk with Buddhists from all walks of life about the power we each have to change our lives and the world around us.

Every week, you hear that intro, but do you really believe that we have the power to change the world?

It can be hard to feel hope, especially if you, like me, can get into a doom-scrolling spiral.

Fortunately, Buddhist practice helps us bring hope out of our lives, which I think we can all agree,

is sometimes tough to do when we're hit with an especially bleak headline.

But today's guest, rather than stay paralyzed by fear, finds inspiration and hope in Buddhism.

Eddie Lichet of San Luis Obispo shares how he uses his fear as a

catalyst to make real change.

Eddie, welcome to Budability. Thank you for joining me all the way from California.

So I always have my guests.

I always have my guests just start out by introducing themselves so you can share anything

that's interesting or relevant about you, your name, your age, and of course I know you're

a student so you can share a little bit about that. And then also just like a little bit about your life growing up. Okay, cool. Well,

hi, guys. Yeah, like Cassidy said, my name's Eddie, but my full name is actually Edward Lechay

the fourth. People say it sounds like it's like a, like a noble, like England name or something.

I don't know.

Oh, yeah.

But, yeah, I have the same name as my dad.

And I'm 19 right now.

And I go to school at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

It's on the central coast of California.

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