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- Question.

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How does sharing a meal
together boost resilience?

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Stick around to the end
of the video to find out.

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Hello, Marines and Sailors,
I'm Commander Stephen Cloer,

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Chaplain here at Human Performance Branch.

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Today, I'm super excited
because on December 3rd

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General Berger released
ALMAR 027/20 titled,

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Resiliency and Spiritual Fitness.

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Within the first few lines of the message,

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our Commandant connects the importance

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of how physical, mental,
social and spiritual fitness

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predicts one's ability to adapt, overcome,

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or recover from any situation.

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This ALMAR champions how
these four areas of fitness

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help to build a more lethal,
well-rounded warrior.

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Finally, the message posits

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that although the spiritual
fitness domain is less visible,

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it is equally important
because it bolsters character,

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and instills core values
in every Marine and Sailor.

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So, following the Commandant's guidance,

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let me remind you of the
Spiritual Fitness Guide,

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which is a tool that you can use today

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to review the seven indicators
of spiritual performance.

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As you read and think
through each indicator,

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notice how these spiritual
fitness components are interwoven

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throughout your physical,
mental, and social wellbeing.

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The seven indicators are,

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engaged in life's meaning and purpose,

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hopeful about life and future,
making sound moral judgments,

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fully engaged with family,
friends and community,

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able to forgive self and
others, respecting others,

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engaged in core values and beliefs.

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Now let's think through for a moment

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about indicator number four,

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fully engaged with family,
friends, and community.

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You know, before COVID,

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most of us probably spent
a great deal of time

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with friends and family, but
now that time is restricted,

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and as it is with all great gatherings,

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food and drinks were always included

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in those times of fellowship.

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There simply is an undeniable
bonding that happens

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when we gather around the
dinner table with others.

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COVID has distracted us

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and taken us from our
normal battle living,

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but we still have the dinner table,

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and we still have family,

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both biological and our
fellow Marines and Sailors,

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and even if family is not near,

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we can gather together
virtually and share a meal.

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Okay, remember the
question at the beginning?

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How does sharing a meal
together boost resilience?

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Evidence-based research shows

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that both social and
spiritual fitness component,

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family, friends, and community

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has enormous physical,
emotional, and mental benefits

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when we enjoy a family dinner together.

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They are better academic
performance, higher self-esteem,

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greater sense of resilience,
lower risk of substance abuse,

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lower risk of teen pregnancy,
lower risk of depression,

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lower likelihood of
developing eating disorders,

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and lower rates of obesity.

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Marines, Sailors,

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who would have ever
considered sharing a meal

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as a social and spiritual
fitness component

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that impacts every area of our lives?