Blessing 2014

As the year of the Snake slinks its way to a close, I wish you all many blessings for the New Year!
A powerful affirmation to manifesting your success, "My life flows with abundance so that I may give back to the world around me."

Aloha Nui Loa,
Maile Mitchell-Akita
@mailemmm
HawaiiLegacyBuilders.com

Volunteer

Blessings overflow when you live your life to serve others. A volunteer day to help individuals with special needs enjoy an amazing day on the ocean, their smiles were more a gift for me than the joy they were experiencing.

I am so grateful for this amazing life!

Life is an adventure! Make yours memorable!
Love always,
Maile
@mailemmm
@hilegacybuilder
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Bloom

It never fails, surprises always show up in multiples. It seems kind of like a landslide when you really think about it, so many wonderful events just keep adding up.

Your life is in Bloom! I can feel it and can see signs of it everywhere I look. I don't believe in coincidence, but that everything happens for a reason. 

You are showered with many blessings, remind yourself of all the good things and see how blessed you truly are. 

Smile for your week!

Love and Aloha,

Maile

@mailemmm

@hilegacybuilder

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Wa'a Blessings

I am honored and blessed to be a part of an amazing team of women and a prestigious canoe club. This year Lanikai celebrates 60 years of perpetuating this ancient Hawaiian tradition. I have absolutely fallen in love with canoe paddling. I miss it terribly when I'm not on the ocean. So grateful to live in such a beautiful place and have amazing friends to learn and grow in this fabulous sport.

Tomorrow we bless our canoes. They are the most important team member as we compete in this year's regatta season. 

Go Lanikai! Although truly, I deeply respect all my fellow paddlers from all the canoe clubs around Hawaii and elsewhere. We paddle and keep this Hawaiian tradition alive and can continue to pass it down to the next generations. I am honored to be a part of it. Aloha nui loa.

Some history:

The outrigger canoe or wa‘a, was held in high regard since it had the responsibility of returning men, women, and children home safely from ke kai (the sea). 

The wa‘a was so important to the Hawaiian people that each wa‘a was considered part of their ‘ohana(family) and was treated as such.  Just as important was the inoa (name) given the wa‘a.  

Ho‘ola‘a wa‘a (Canoe Blessing)

Traditionally, nā wa‘a kino (canoe hulls) were fabricated from Koa trees and their ama (outrigger) were fabricated from the wiliwili-pua and the nā ‘iako (booms) were fabricated from the hau tree (sea hibiscus).  These pieces were all lashed together using aha (Sennet made from coconut fiber) that was braided into flat cord. 

The Hawaiian people believed that everything had mana (a living spirit or super natural energy).  The Hawaiian ancestors taught that when a koa tree had fallen and died, it took on another life, a continued spirit called lā‘au mana.  Therefore, when we bless a canoe we start by asking the koa tree from which the wa‘a was carved - for forgiveness in taking the trees life.  

We also thank the forest from which the tree came from for allowing us to give its child a new life as a wa‘a.  

This wa‘a is a gift from Aku (God) so we bless it.  We also bless the wa‘a to celebrates its birth.  From this point on, we consider it the seventh voyager of a six kanaka canoe.  

We thank Aku (God), nā aumakua (the ancestors), Lono, the demigod of fertility which allowed the tree to grow, and Kanaloa the demigod of ke kai (the sea) for allowing us to paddle our wa‘a on his skin.

Today the majority of wa‘a are fabricated from modern composites.  However, we still bless the canoes to pay our reverence to tradition and we still treat them as if they are part of our ‘ohana.  

Many blessings to you.

Love always,

Maile

@mailemmm

@hilegacybuilder

http://www.hawaiilegacybuilders.com/foreveryoungandfithawaii.html

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Happy Aloha Friday!

The end of another week has arrived again. My boys are so excited as the days left in the school year is counting down fast. I'm excited about that too!

Wishing you many blessings always.
Love and Aloha,
Maile
@mailemmm
@hilegacybuilder
http://www.hawaiilegacybuilders.com/foreveryoungandfithawaii.html
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Happy Aloha Friday

Smile! It's almost the weekend!
Sending love and blessings always, and lots of warm sunshine.
Aloha,
Maile
@mailemmm
@hilegacybuilder
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My life is a rainbow!

I am so grateful for everything that has led me to where I am today. Life is truly a complicated journey, filled with so many blessings.

Be open to every opportunity and allow your journey to take you to an even better place than you could imagine.

It has been my hardest lesson, is to stop asking how or when. Once I just began to let life unfold in its own magical way, rewards and blessings were easier to manifest.

Blow the clouds away and let the sun shine light your path. Rainbows are ahead, they always are. Sending light, love, and rainbows to you.
Love and Aloha,
Maile
@mailemmm
@hilegacybuilder
http://www.hawaiilegacybuilders.com/foreveryoungandfithawaii.html
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Going Forward

I can't look back. Life is full of challenges and lessons for a reason.

Today's Big Lesson- Respect and to Love Myself and Respect Myself enough to not let anyone else disrespect me.

Life is a gift! I choose to live it fully surrounded by amazing people with beautiful spirits who will continue to inspire greatness in myself and others.

Sending love and light to you. You are beautiful and I wish your life to overflow with many blessings.

Love Always,
Maile
@mailemmm
@hilegacybuilder
http://www.hawaiilegacybuilders.com/foreveryoungandfithawaii.html
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Family

I love my family! I love that we are so close and able spend so much time together.

My older son, growing up so fast, I'm enjoying our morning bike rides and know how much I'm going to miss his company as his own life gets busier.

My younger son, is a fascinating individual who really makes me laugh so much during the day. He also pushes my buttons just as much, so I guess, for now, it evens out.

My parents are a blessing and have always been my biggest supporters. They are also a very interesting couple, perfectly yin and yang, very funny to. No wonder their social calanders are always booked.

I'm exhausted, this was a long day. Weekends are usually spontaneous adventures in our family and I never know what will happen.

I wish you many fun and happy adventures with your loved ones.
Aloha Always,
Maile
@mailemmm
@hilegacybuilder
http://www.hawaiilegacybuilders.com/foreveryoungandfithawaii.html
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Happy Aloha Friday

Aloha Kakahiaka! I am feeling so blessed today. New ideas are flowing, all blocks removed, and it's a gorgeous day in paradise.

I also have new baby plants sprouting in my garden!

Love and aloha to all our families and friends. I hope you are all blessed this day and everyday of your life.

Today is already a gift and joy is my choice. Wishing you great rewards always.

Mahalo nui loa.
Me ke aloha pumehana,
Maile

@mailemmm
@hilegacybuilder
http://foreveryoungandfithawaii.blogspot.com/
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Blessings

I woke up to beautiful light rain shower and gorgeous sunrise. I came downstairs to find my parents had dropped off a delicious hot breakfast for me and my family. A few moments later, while sipping my lemon water and saying goodmorning to my plants, I was surprised with a beautiful double rainbow.

I received a nice message in my dreams about rewards coming. Even all the icky insects that came to visit me- ugh another in my bathroom last night 0.0- they had a message. Rewards are here and manifesting in my life. I am grateful. I am feeling overwhelmingly blessed and it makes me feel like I need to rest right now.

I will need to recharge my energy for something amazing is unfolding. I am grateful and send as much good energy out to you as I can.

It is time to manifest rewards and let the universe bless you with everything you deserve for living each day with gratitude in your heart and sharing it with others. Sending love and light to you always.

Mahalo nui loa.

Me ke aloha pumehana,
Maile

@mailemmm
@hilegacybuilder
http://foreveryoungandfithawaii.blogspot.com/
http://www.hawaiilegacybuilders.com/mailemitchellakita.html

Live Your Journey!

Aloha Friday! We all love it, because it really means goodbye to the hard week and welcome to the rewards of the weekend.

I'm looking forward to seeing my baby, who really isn't so little anymore, but a big 6th grader. My son has been away at camp with his classmates for an adventure filled three days of non-stop fun. Well hopefully it was more fun than he could dream of. I can't wait to hear all about it and see all the amazing photos he took.

My older son is not looking forward to his little brother's return as eagerly as the rest of us. He has been enjoying life as the only child, and basking in all the unnecessary attention he has been able to ascertain. Although his dreams of being spoiled like a little prince and wined and dined at a few Oahu restaurants for a couple nights wasn't completely out of the question, it just wasn't as doable on a week night/school night/work day. Oh we'll, maybe next time.

I remember my first overnight adventures away from home. Sleepovers at friends houses, school field trips to camp as well (the same camp), and mainland school excursions. The life lessons of finding your independence and realizing how capable you are to survive away from the security of home (as you knew it) was definitely a growing experience. Sometimes you can't learn everything in a classroom or from your parents, or even peers, sometimes you have to just risk the journey and see where it leads.

A well lived life is what we all want. Take chances, make mistakes, and enjoy your journey! Only you can make the decisions for you, it doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks, and you only start to realize that when you decide to live your own life on your own terms!

Happy trails and many blessings always!

Aloha,
Maile