During the summer months we have an opportunity to refocus and to reconsider that path we're on. We take vacations in order to go somewhere beyond the ordinary and experience something extraordinary. It is in these quiet moments that we cultivate a heart of gratitude. Cicero once said that "gratitude is not only the greatest of all virtues, but the parent of all others." We believe that without a heart of gratitude, the other virtues of faith, hope and love fall on hard unyielding soil. Gratitude is the tenderness that produces all other good things in life. But gratitude is not as easy as it seems. We certainly can be grateful for the things we want, but can we also be thankful for the hard things that cause us to grow and mature. If we are grateful for only the things we choose, we want and we expect, we will quickly become narcissistic in our approach to life. In Psalm 138, the Psalmist is thankful for everything, including the protection that comes in the midst of the storms in life. This we we focus on Re-calibrating our lives to include gratitude. Join the conversation. http://www.slideshare.net/steve4040/mpc-recalibrate-80915