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How to Be Happy #5: Watch a Sunset on a Quiet Windless Day (And a Giveaway Winner)

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Sunset Chasing: Taking a moment to enjoy the setting sun after a long work week, the waves lapping quietly on the shore, no winds to harry us or disturb the serenity of the moment. This is happiness. The utter calm of a windless, golden evening.

{ How to Be Happy #5: Watch a Sunset and Breathe. }

Ahhhh… Keep Calm and Watch a Sunset.

I worked late on Friday evening. Not feeling like going home after work, I deliberately missed the turn off the highway that would’ve taken me through my little town to the road winding up the mountain ridge to our home. As I passed the bay that fronts our community, I noticed the clouds wisping across the sky, light glinting off the delicate, lace-like edges, glowing like light glinting off satin. Kayak teams rowed mightily across the lazy waters. The sun inched lower and lower, dipping to hug the horizon, blazing gold and amber.

I turned quickly into one of the parking lots along the shore to watch the light show’s final moments.

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Kayak teams practice in the last rays of the day. Diamond Head looms quietly in the background as the day ends. Maunalua Bay, Hawaii Kai, Oahu, Hawaii.

Taking the time–even short, spontaneous moments like this–to enjoy the wealth of beauty Hawaii has to offer… this brings happiness. I know how lucky I am to live here. Curses on me should I ever forget it.

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A fisherman waiting for his evening catch at Maunalua Bay, Hawaii Kai, (Oahu) Hawaii

Just wanted to say hi and Mele Kalikimaka me ka Hau’oli Lanui (Hawaiian for “Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays”).

It took a lot of counting to get the entry. :)

It took a lot of counting to get the entry. :)

The winner of the ShopBop giveaway is S.C.! There were 549 entries, so it was a lot of work to compile all those names–thanks for your patience. Congrats, S.C.! I’m going to email you tonight with the Shopbop gift code.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the giveaway! Definitely a big shout-out to my new followers and Facebook pals. I really hope you guys like this site, even when I’m not doing giveaways and really hope you’ll stick around to read more after this.

But…I have another Christmas giveaway planned this month, so be on the lookout. It won’t be as crazy… but keep your eyes tuned to this space. Thanks to ShopBop for the giveaway.

Much love + aloha to you this week, lovecats.
Mae Xx

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How to Be Happy #3: Opportunities in the Sunrise and Symbolism in the Sunset

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Find happiness each day with the realization that you get to choose your path to bliss. Learning how to be happy isn’t really hard at all, once you know your own power.

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Sunsets in Hawaii are absolutely brilliant. And a good reminder of the opportunities that lie in the day ahead.

How to Be Happy: The Road to Beauty and Bliss is all About Seeking Happiness and Choosing It

This is a lesson I have to teach myself every single day:

It’s easy to forget who you are when you are desperately looking for the path to happiness. Roadblocks get in your way and you stumble. You can lose the greater picture and your goal if all you do is focus on the path itself. You have to look up and look ahead.

That’s why sunset and sunrise can be good reminders of the things to come, and the chances you have each day. Each moment presents a chance to choose.

You can choose to learn a lesson or be bogged down in grief. You can choose to let a momentary panic eat at you or you can choose to let it wash over you, then get the heck over it and move on. You can choose to laugh or cry. You can choose wallowing or take action to surmount the next obstacle or tough moment.

When you realize you have an infinite number of choices, and that happiness and contentment is one of those choices, you have incredible power over your life and your destiny.

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Sunrise over the Rockies in Salt Lake City. Sunrise is a symbol for all the new opportunities and choices you can make on the road to happiness today.

Each day, the sunset represents the endless wealth of opportunity of the infinite moments to come and the renewal of life in the sunrise that waits in the wings to take the stage.

How you choose to live those moments can determine your happiness.

Choose well!

Me ke aloha ~ With love, Xx
Mae

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Picture of the Day: My Life is Magical–Sunsets, Clouds and Beaches

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Aloha au‘inalā kakou! ~~ Hello and good afternoon, guys!

Happy Aloha Monday!

Hawaii Living: My life is magic.

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Straight fantasy magic.

The only thing I would change about it are my mood swings; the less irritable I am, the more I can appreciate the truly amazing world that surrounds me.

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Wishing you love, beauty and awareness this week.
Xo, me ke aloha ~ xo, with love,
Mae

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Life in Pictures: Insta[Jan]

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Been wondering where I’ve been? Instagram…

{ Life in Instagram/Hipstamatic. January at a glance. }

Instagram has killed my blog AND Twitter feed. Oh well. When your daily concerns are enjoying Hawaii Living and making sure your adorable Bear of a dog is happy, blogging sort of takes a back seat. At some point I may develop a balance between daily or every other daily writing again. Let’s hope that’s soon!

January in Summary:

  • New Year in Detroit
  • Hanging out with B3
  • Beach afternoon hangouts
  • Picking out furniture and getting home decor together
  • Outfit of the Days
  • Travel to Maui
  • Meeting EliSharon for the first time
  • TEDx Maui
  • Mountain hikes
  • Big North Shore surf
  • Epic Hawaii Sunset watching

Add me and say hi: @maeluu. I love connecting with friends on IG–It’s so much fun.

Photos taken in Hipstamatic and Instagram.

Honi, me ke aloha ~ xo, with love,
Mae

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