Today I Choose To Live With Gratitude

Hi. I am so happy you decided to stop by for a visit. I hope everything is good with you.

I'm actually feeling pretty good all things considered. I've had a few rough years and 2012 was the worst.

I lost my job from restructuring. My husband was diagnosed with PTSD and can't work. We lost our home of ten years to the bank. And I lost my mind. Well, maybe I still have that.

It is gratitude that helped me cope because with everything bad that has happened I still have so much to be grateful for. 

When I practice gratitude I feel different - optimistic - happy. 

Today the sun is shining. I have a roof over my head and food in the cupboards. I'm healthy and alive. And so is my family.

I choose gratitude.

Yes, it is a choice. It's true. So today I choose to be grateful. I choose to live with gratitude. What about you?

I wonder why more people don’t choose to live their lives with gratitude in their hearts. The world would be a better place if we did!

Don't you just love flowers.

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2014 Calendar Printable - Start Each Day With a Grateful Heart

An attitude of gratitude has made a huge change in my life. Unfortunately I have a little bit of trouble remembering to be grateful each day. A little reminder will go a long way for me. How about you?


Let's make each day of 2014 fantastic! 

Start each day with a grateful heart!

Feel free to copy and print this 2014 calendar at a glance.

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And What Makes Me Think These Are The Top Three Posts for 2013?

Hi. I'm so glad you decided to stop by.

I thought the best way to end the year would be to review my top three posts. 

There are two reasons. One, I have a reason to share my posts again. :)  And two, we can figure out what I may have done right so we replicate it.

Well, I looked at my post stats and got confused. I had to stop and ask myself, what makes me think these are the top three posts of 2013?

1.) You Can't Live a Positive Life With a Negative Mind

2.) 8 Reason Someone Envies You

3.) How Random Acts of Kindness Improve Your Life

How do I determine which posts are the most popular - the most successful?

Pageviews

If this is the determining factor, then yes the three posts shown above would be considered the most popular posts.

Comments

1.) You Can't Live a Positive Life With a Negative Mind

• 57 comments including my responses

2.) 8 Reason Someone Envies You

• 61 comments including my responses

3.) How Random Acts of Kindness Improve Your Life

• 60 comments including my responses

These three pretty much seem tied when it comes to comments.

Featured

1.) You Can't Live a Positive Life With a Negative Mind

• Twice

2.) 8 Reason Someone Envies You

• Twice

3.) How Random Acts of Kindness Improve Your Life

• Once

The top two are tied. Unless I missed being featured somewhere which is quite possible. It's rare for a party host to send an email announcing that you have been featured.

Pinned

1.) You Can't Live a Positive Life With a Negative Mind

• RePinned 99

2.) 8 Reason Someone Envies You

• RePinned 4

3.) How Random Acts of Kindness Improve Your Life

• RePinned 67

Well those are pretty sad numbers. Especially number two which would probably put this post way back to tenth place or worse.

It's probably because it doesn't have a pinnable image. I'll have to work on that.

Number one does have the prettiest image.

Shares

1.) You Can't Live a Positive Life With a Negative Mind

• Google Plus 15 Times
• 6 Tweets
• 31 Facebook Shares
• 1 Stumble

2.) 8 Reason Someone Envies You

• Google Plus 13 Times
• 9 Tweets
• 19 Facebook Shares
• 1 Stumble

3.) How Random Acts of Kindness Improve Your Life

• Google Plus 9 Times
• 7 Tweets
• 9 Facebook Shares
• 1 Stumble

These numbers fall in line properly for Google+ and Facebook shares but the Tweets are out of whack. 

So what is the answer? How do I figure out which of my posts are most popular? That is if I am comparing my posts to each other as apposed to other bloggers.

These blog posts were from March, April and May of this year. Maybe they are more popular right now because they are older and time is on their side?

Sorry. I'm not suppose to be figuring out why they are popular but how their popularity is determined.

Ahhh! I could make myself crazy.

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Have a Fantastic Day!