Exquisite

Every day is a gift. Live every moment!

Create the life of your dreams now... Tomorrow may be too late. Live and breathe the moments of your life and choose to make them joyful.

I wish you success in all your endeavors today and every day.

Love and Aloha,
Maile Mitchell-Akita
@mailemmm
HawaiiLegacyBuilders.com
Story behind the photo...I woke up to rain and it was feeling too cold to leave the warmth of my bed.

I hit the snooze button a few too many times. What I thought was ten minutes turned out to be forty minutes. Adrenaline was great to get myself moving and miraculously ready in a flash.

A few moments later, I found myself at the beach in time to capture the amazing moments before sunrise. I have hundreds of photos of the sunrise and each is uniquely different and exquisite.

The rain stopped and I was blessed to enjoy a gorgeous morning on the water with wonderful friends. There were also two rainbows that morning, I didn't take any pictures of it, but I was truly happy to see it, streams of color across the sky. I am smiling just thinking about it.

Life is precious, fill yours with joy. Smile for your day :-)
~Maile

Spontaneity

We have all heard it before, "Spontaneity is the spice of life!"

Surprises can be so healthy for the soul. I am truly grateful for all the wonderful friends in my life, you make every day a gift.

I wish you all many fabulous surprises today and every day.

Love and Aloha,
Maile Mitchell-Akita
@mailemmm
HawaiiLegacyBuilders.com

Story behind the photo...I was standing in the rain at my son's paddling practice having a great conversation with another coach, and was surprised with a spontaneous invite for dinner.

The thought of having someone else cook, lovely, especially as I was exhausted by the events of the day. My boys had a fridge full of yummy leftovers, so I knew they would not starve if I left them for the evening. As I didn't have an early start the next morning, a night out was totally doable.

Dinner was delicious and a second stop for ice cream, almost guilt free ;-)

Life is sweet, enjoy the moments. Be grateful for the wonderful people in your life and smile as much as you can. Our journeys aren't always easy, but rewards of friendship and joy are all around you. Be brave and choose to be happy.

Dream Chaser

Being an entrepreneur isn't for everyone, but everyone should try it at least once. It will certainly make you appreciate the brave business owners who didn't give up on their dreams!

It's actually their most powerful tool to keep their business going, is that vision of their dreams realized. If you can keep your focus, and have a lot of faith, you may finally see your dreams come to fruition.

Many will continue to try and launch their own business this year and the next and some will be highly successful. Just follow your dream and ignore everyone who doubt's you.

It's often a lonely road and only the bravest will taste success. I wish you all to just be brave in your own life. Take chances. Life is messy anyway. ;-)
Wishing you abundance and prosperity in the Year of the Horse!

Aloha,
Maile Mitchell-Akita
More of my fabulous trifling's can be found on twitter @mailemmm or you can visit my favorite website, HawaiiLegacyBuilders.com. I know it's cool, but I can help you make one that's way more awesome! I'm channeling my inner teenager ;-) hehehe have fun and smile today!

Inspiration for today... Mahalo mashable
http://mashable.com/2014/01/30/startup-success-infographic/?utm_cid=mash-com-g+-main-photo

Lucky Dog

I dragged myself up from my warm cozy bed at 5:30am this morning. It was raining and, for me, freezing!

Anyway, after I'm dressed and ready, about thirty minutes later, I go to wake up my dog for a quick walk outside. She peeks her head up from her warm cozy spot on the bed and just stares at me like I'm crazy.

I go downstairs and I finally hear her get up. I wait at the bottom step for her, she looks at me from the top of the stairs, does a long cat stretch, and wanders back to the room.

I am now in a hurry to leave, I go to check on her and ask her to go for a walk, yes, I did ask. She was curled up in a tiny ball at my son's feet. She was now refusing to make eye contact and just ignored me. Grrrrt Dogs! I left instructions for my boys to throw her outside for a while after they got ready.

When I got home, of course the rain had stopped and now she wanted to go out. Mud awaits my floors as I watch her pounce through dead grass spots of just solid mud tracks. Ugh! Dogs! Why do we love them?! Oh yeah, they can be kind of cute sometimes ;-)

Happy Wednesday!

Love and Aloha,
Maile and Ginger Roger's (my "diva" dog)
@mailemmm
HawaiiLegacyBuilders.com

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

Commitment

Life is in the moments, make them amazing!

Waking up to a very cold morning, and my first thought, is why would I want to leave the warmth of my bed? The answer, I made a commitment to be somewhere.

Choose to be present in your life and allow the universe to reward your efforts. Showing up may not seem like a big deal, but you never know how much you were needed until you arrive.

I wish you many blessings!

Love and Aloha,
Maile Mitchell-Akita
Adventure seeking rebel

More of my fabulous trifling's can be found on twitter @mailemmm or you can visit my favorite website, HawaiiLegacyBuilders.com. I know it's cool, but I can help you make one that's way more awesome! I'm channeling my inner teenager ;-) hehehe have fun and smile today!

Dates?

I am discovering as I get older I am having some difficulty remembering when I did what. Time is flying so fast it seems. 

Days, weeks, years tend to merge in my memories and I realize, looking back on it all, dates don't really matter. Just don't ask me to remember when.

In the bigger picture, the highlights are the moments I laughed and smiled and my time in those moments become precious. 

Live a life that makes you truly happy. Don't care what the world thinks! It will become your prison if you choose to live by the standards of others, instead be the happiest You! In the end, that's all that will matter. 

I am of course a rebel at heart! I'm going to do it my own way no matter what. But when I'm gone, at least I will have left my very own interesting story...my legacy. What will your life say about you? 

Wishing you many exciting adventures! 

Aloha Always,
Maile Mitchell-Akita
Adventure seeking rebel

More of my fabulous trifling's can be found on twitter @mailemmm or you can visit my favorite website, HawaiiLegacyBuilders.com. I know it's cool, but I can help you make one that's way more awesome! I'm channeling my youth ;-) hehehe have fun and smile today!