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Uh , spiritual readiness , um , in my

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own words means to have something that

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you can hold on to , um , whether it's ,

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um . Having a relationship

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religiously , um , having a center ,

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you know , whether you're doing yoga or

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working out , um , being able , but

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being able to be able to refocus and

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empower self empower yourself , uh , to

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keep going when challenges come , I

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would say it's very important . Uh , we

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all have times where , uh , in our

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careers that times are hard , um , and

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challenging , um , and sometimes we ,

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we might need to , um , re-energize our

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spiritual readiness , um , to be able

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to , uh , complete the mission , so it

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better enables me to do my job , um .

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As we all know , being a chief can be

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challenging . Um , sometimes we don't

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always um have the energy . Some things

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may be going family , personal or

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career wise , but having that center

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and having that ability to

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be spiritually ready um enables us to

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be able to refocus , um .

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And have a center when things uh or

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times get challenging um and not be

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able to experience too much burnout and

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things like that . The sailors are the

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reason why I'm still in the navy . The

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sailors are why I do this every day ,

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impacting them , you know , seeing them

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like I always say , um , taking it back

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to spiritual readiness . If it is a day

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that I , I'm feeling not so ready , I'm

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seeing them and I'm like they're here

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every day , they're showing up . I can

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show up for them too . Um , and just

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finding ways to mentor and impact their

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lives . This is why we do it and it's ,

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it's amazing , it's nothing like it .