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^- Hello, this is Chaplain Hammans

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^with your spiritual resiliency moment.

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^Today, we're going to be talking

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^about the importance of maintenance.

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Imagine the Golden Gate Bridge,

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this is the ninth largest bridge

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in the world and it's about 80 years old.

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Now, when I'm 80 years old, or around there,

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I really hope I'm in as good as shape

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as the Golden Gate Bridge.

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It's had over two billion cars roll over it

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in its lifespan and it's still going strong.

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Now, it is an impressive thing to see

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and when you think about the 600,000 rivets,

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or the 800,000 tons of metal that go in to it,

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it is a masterful piece of engineering and it is immense.

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But what we don't often think of

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when we look at a structure like that

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is what actually makes it strong.

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Is it just its materials?

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Is it how it was constructed?

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Truly these things are critical,

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however, without maintenance,

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without routine maintenance and the team of maintainers

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that work from one end to the other

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without ceasing throughout the year,

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all this bridge would be would be a victim of corrosion.

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Spiritual resiliency is similar to this,

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in that you have to maintain your spiritual resiliency.

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It doesn't happen passively, you need a plan of attack,

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you need a systematic approach to get the most benefit

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from your spiritual resiliency

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and you can't do it alone.

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So my question to you today is,

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when is the last time you slowed down and took a hard look

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at your own spiritual resilience, and also,

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when is the last time you asked someone else

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to take a hard look at your life and speak in to it

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and give you their feedback on how you're doing?

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If we try to do it alone, we're going to be

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like that bridge, no one single maintainer

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could maintain that bridge, it takes a team.

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So have you looked at yourself recently

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and do you have a team?

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If you have a team, how do you ask

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them to speak in to your life?

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Thank you.