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.

Imagine you're in your mid-20s, really getting into the rhythm of adulthood and just going all out in your career. You left your hometown to pursue your dreams.

You've got a lot on your plate already, but then a surprise comes out of nowhere,

beckoning you back to your hometown. You have to drop everything to become a caregiver and

rebuild your career. That's today's story. Adam W. Sadbury of Montgomery, Texas,

started practicing SGI Nature and Buddhism a few years ago.

It wasn't until he faced a huge obstacle, though, that he realized the courage he had,

to change family relationships, accomplish bigger dreams, and do more than he thought possible.

Thank you. and do more than he thought possible. Welcome to Bootability Adam.

Thank you so much for coming.

And it's exciting to have you in person for folks that don't know you.

You are from Texas and you're in New York right now for a show. So we're doing in person. But yeah, I always have guests just introduce themselves. So tell me about, like, your life, who you are. And a little bit about your life growing up, too, to kind of provide context. Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. So thanks you, thank you for having me. It's fun to do this in person. Yeah, I came fresh off of a concert last night, so I'm writing that musical wave and just kind of coming back down to earth now. So yeah, my full name is Adam W. Sadbury. I'm 29 years old. I live in Montgomery, Texas, which is just about an hour north of Houston. It's this kind of suburban slash ex-urban town where, like, there's a lake that I can walk to and trees everywhere.

But also, like, if I drive 10 miles down the road, it's just cows and horses.

So it's a nice eclectic place.

Let's see.

Yeah, I'm an only child, and I grew up with my two

wonderful parents. They decided to raise me in Montgomery, because that's, like, halfway between

where they were working at the time. So my dad was driving all the way to Houston, which is maybe

a three-hour round trip. My mom was driving to college station, which was maybe a two-hour

round trip for her. So grew up in a family where there's a lot of effort put into getting

the job done. So I kind of inherited that workaholism, you could say. Yeah, I'm at the end

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