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.

Sometimes it can feel like if we were to get just that one thing, then we'd be happy. If we only had more money or more time for vacations.

Maybe you've gotten to the place though though, that you feel confident that you

can be happy regardless of whether your crush is reciprocated or you get the apartment you want.

But what about when we're faced with bigger challenges, like illness?

Kimberly Rios-Nino San Diego shares how she came to treasure her life and truly feel like life itself is a joy, regardless of our circumstances.

We talk about her journey into parenthood and taking care of children battling illness.

This conversation was so refreshing for me at the start of the year.

I hope that you enjoy it too.

All right, welcome to bootability, Kimberly.

I'm so excited to have you here. And we actually know each other.

We went to college together.

And I'm just really looking forward to catching up with you and hearing more about how your life has been these past several years.

So you can introduce yourself and you can just share a little bit about who you are and maybe just a little bit of your life growing up.

So hi, Cassidy. It's great to do this together. Hello. a little bit about who you are and maybe just a little bit of your life growing up.

So, hi, Cassidy. It's great to do this together.

So, yeah, like you said, we met in college, but actually, like my Buddhist practice started when I was born.

I was born and raised in the practice, but I would say that probably when I was in high school and more so my senior year of high school, I really started to take on the practice

more seriously as I was trying to figure out what my life was about and everything. But just to backpedal

a little bit, I'm Kimberly.

And I live in San Diego.

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