(001)▪︎[ Loved … 2026 ]

Can you share a positive example of where you’ve felt loved?

[ Share A POSITIVE Example Of Where You’ve Felt Loved? ]

[ First Off, You Cannot Think Of A NEGATIVE Example Where You’ve Felt Loved! ]

[ Negative & Love Just Do Not Belong In The Same Sentence Or Thought. @ Least Not In Your Mind ]

[ An Example Where You Have Felt Love Is Every Morning You Wake Up Next To Your Wife ]

[ Except For A Vacation With A Good Friend, By You & Her, Or You Spending Nights In The Hospital ]

[ Every Day You See & Feel The Love Of Your Wife. Have Been For The Last (29yrs) & (10mos) ]

[ The Love & Thought That Was Put In To Plan A Getaway For Your Anniversary, Well Not Exactly On The Date ]

[ The Love Of A Good Friend Who Offers To Take Your Sports Cards To A Big Card Show To Sell Them, Without Asking/Wanting Anything In Return ]

[ The Love, Friendship, & Trust A Close Friend Shows In Accepting You As One Of Her Own Family Members ]

[ The Love & Care That Thing 1 Puts In Making You Fresh Pancakes In The Morning ]

[ The Love & Thought That Went Into The Present That Thing 1 Gifted You ]

[ The Love & Care That Thing 2 Puts In Everytime She Runs You All Over The City Just To Get You Out Of The House ]

[ The Love & Thought That Thing 2 Put Into A Gift For You ]

[ The Love, Care & Friendship That Thing 1 & Thing 2 Show/Give You Every Second They Spend With You ]

[ You Truly Feel Loved ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Reduce Clutter … 2026 ]

Where can you reduce clutter in your life?

[ Where Can You Reduce Clutter? ]

[ Your House! ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Crazy Idea … 2026 ]

Come up with a crazy business idea.

[ A Crazy Business Idea? ]

[ You Would Start A Daycare Where You Would Hire Alot Of Instructors That Have The Same Goal … A Love For Kids & The Want To Teach Kids Civil Manners ]

[ If A Parent Can Come, They Are Welcomed To Come ]

[ People Have Stopped Being Civil To Each Other In Their Home & Out In Society ]

[ There Is Alot Of Hate & Evil Out There ]

[ Satan Rules The Earth While GOD Rules The Heavens ]

[ Something Has To Give ]

[ Civility, Reciprocity & Chivalry Has Been Put On The Back Burner ]

[ People Flat Out Don’t Have The Patience Or Love For One Another ]

[ This Idea Would Never Fly Because There Is Zero Chance Of Monetary Gain! ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(037)▪︎[ Why Do You Ever Let Yourself Feel? … 2026 ]

[ Living In The Season Of Regret ]
[ Is No Longer An Option ]
[ There Has Never Been Anything Met ]
[ That Wasn’t Made Into An Obligation ]

[ Living With Regrets On Your List Of Things To Do ]
[ Is Not A Good Thing To Go Through ]

[ You Carry Your Regrets Like Stones In Your Chest ]
[ Never Giving You Any Rest ]
[ Always Feeling Bothered By This Pest ]

[ They Rattle @ Night When The Rest Of The World Is Asleep ]
[ Stirring Up Old Memories ]
[ That You Never Planned To Keep ]

[ Buried Beneath All That Was Unsaid ]
[ Causing You To Increase Your Anti-Psychotic Med ]
[ Because Of The Thoughts ]
[ Your Regrets Increase In Your Head ]

[ Stirring Up Old Deals, That You Failed To Keep ]
[ Kept You Getting Some Really Deep ]
[ Sleep ]

[ Buried Beneath All The Things That Was Left Unsaid During Your Walks On Your Life Path ]
[ The Words Went Clear Up Over Your Head, Really Fast ]

[ You Thought That You Found A Woman Early On In Your Life ]
[ When She Talked, Her Words Felt Like Warm Sunlight That Filled The Soul ]
[ When She Agreed To Become Your Wife ]
[ That Was The Very First Time That You Felt Completely Whole ]
[ You Thought That She Wouldn’t Bring You Any Strife ]
[ When She Stepped Into Her Role ]

[ But You Remember The Chances That You Asked Her To Stay ]
[ That One Day ]
[ But She Wouldn’t ]
[ So You Turned & Walked Away ]
[ Because She Wanted ]
[ To Find A Man Who Made Better Pay ]

[ You Never Thought That You Would Have Lost Her Over Money ]
[ You Saw That She Wanted To Find A Quicker Path Fast ]
[ To The Land Of Milk & Honey ]
[ & Run From Her Past ]

[ You Kept Hearing The Words “Later & Soon” ]
[ While The Clock Kept Humming A Merciless Tune ]
[ You Would Sit Outside Before It Was Noon ]
[ & Watch The Sky Change ]
[ As The Sun Relinquished Her Throne To The Moon ]

[ You Wished Upon Many A Fallen Star ]
[ You’d Drive Out In The Country ]
[ Then Turn The Lights Off On Your Car ]
[ But None Of Your Wishes Got You Very Far ]

[ Very Few Times Opportunity Came With A Soft, Hopeful Sound ]
[ But Your Fear Held The Lock ]
[ So You Stayed Homebound ]
[ & You Never Heard A Knock ]

[ It Seemed That There Were Hands That You Failed To Take ]
[ Whenever Someone Would Extend Their Hand ]
[ Your Whole Body Would Shake ]
[ Because You Were Afraid Of What They Would Demand ]

[ You Would Say, “I’m Fine” When Instead You Needed To Cry ]
[ You Always Wondered, “Why?” ]
[ “Was The Bar Set So High?” ]
[ Time & Time Again, Because Of That ]
[ You Did Not Even Want To Try ]

[ Pride Became Your Armour, Heavy & Cold ]
[ Protecting Your Fear ]
[ While Costing You Silver & Gold ]
[ It Became Clear ]
[ That Opportunities Dried Up As You Got Old ]

[ You Have Come To Regret Your Silence ]
[ When Others Needed To Be Led When They Would Hear Voice ]
[ You Really Tried To Stay Away From All Of The Violence ]
[ If You Had A Conscious Choice ]

[ The Roads You Avoided & The Chances You Were Denied ]
[ Made You Push Your Pain ]
[ Deep Down Inside ]

[ It Caused You To Look @ Life Through Foggy Glass ]
[ Maybe That Is Why Life Seemed To Pass ]
[ So Fast ]

[ When You Sleep, Faces Come Visit You In The Dark ]
[ It Causes You To Put Your Drive For Life In Park ]
[ Everytime You Have Those Repetitive Dreams ]
[ They Left A Permanent Mark ]

[ In You Brain ]
[ It Is Always Like A Camera Taking A Freeze Frame ]
[ Of A Fast Moving Train ]

[ Causing Your Vision To Cross ]
[ By The Time It Took Your Eyes To Uncross ]
[ You Couldn’t Fathom Your Loss ]

[ Can You Ever Rewind ]
[ Your Mind? ]
[ Sad To Say ]
[ That Father Time Has Never Been That Kind ]
[ If He Stopped The Day ]
[ In Any Way ]
[ You Would Wake Up & Wonder Why You Felt So Far Behind? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(001)▪︎[ Attached … 2025 ]

Describe an item you were incredibly attached to as a youth. What became of it?

[ Incredibly Attached To As A Youth ]

[ Well Your Youth Was (50yrs) Ago, Depending On What Qualifies As Your Youth ]

[ Your Oldest Possession You Still Have Is A Bible That You Got While You Were In Your 2nd Foster Home ]

[ The Next Possession That You Treasure Is A Watch That You Received From Don When You Graduated From High School. Don Never Showed He Was Proud Of You ]

[ The Next Possession You Treasure To This Day, Is A Teddy Bear, Whose Name Is Jesse. You Received Him On Your (21st) Birthday, From The Woman That You Were Dating, Adrienne, @ The Time. It Is Not That It Was From Her, Or Because It Was Your (21st) Birthday. This Might Be Looked @ As Childish, But Jesse Is All About Comfort. You Have Had Him For (41yrs) Now. He Has Comforted You While You’ve Gone Through Hell & Back Several Times. Jesse’s Spirit & Personality Is Solely In Your Mind, Your Imagination. Sure There Is A Physical Teddy Bear, But The Imagination Is Where The Power Is ]

[ Physical Possessions Are Just That, Possessions. It Is The Memories That You Tag Them With That Gives Them The Importance That They Have ]

[ Someone Could Say After Reading This, Big Deal, You Have An Old Bible, An Old Watch & An Old Teddy Bear ]

[ That Is Not What They Are To You ]

[ Memories Are Attached To Each One ]

[ It Is Your Imagination That Keeps Them Real. Instead Of Just Placing Them In A Safe Or On Your Bookshelf ]

[ Your Imagination Is The Key ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(030)▪︎[ Facing Your Fear … 2026 ]

[ Once There Lived A Brave Soul Who Walked With Quiet Dread ]
[ Every Step You Took ]
[ Was With A Downward Facing Head ]
[ It Was Like You Were Reading A Book ]
[ In Bed ]

[ Each Step You Took Was Heavy ]
[ Each Breath You Took Was A Careful Plea ]
[ You Felt Like The Raging Water Was Pushing Against The Levy ]
[ So You Were Never Feeling Quite Free ]

[ Fear Whispered In The Morning, But It Screamed @ You In The Night ]
[ It Was Easy To Get Through Midday ]
[ But As The Day Wore On, It Triggered Your Fight Or Flight ]
[ In Almost Every Way ]

[ How Do You Conquer A Simple Fear ]
[ When You Begin To Shed A Tear ]
[ If You Look @ Yourself Too Long In The Bathroom Mirror? ]

[ You Cannot Live Your Whole Life ]
[ In The Sunny Daylight ]
[ You Could Still See The Shadow Of A Bad Man Holding A Knife ]
[ Or Was That A Child Flying A Kite? ]

[ Bad Things Also Happen Under The Cover Of Dark Clouds ]
[ Disguising The Intentions ]
[ Of The Violent Men In Crowds ]

[ But Then ]
[ It Doesn’t Always Have To Be Outside ]
[ For Violence To Happen ]
[ Especially When There Are Numerous Places To Hide ]
[ Or When ]
[ You Are Waiting For Your Ride ]

[ Fear Can Be All Encompassing ]
[ When You Have No Idea What Is Happening ]
[ All The While Dampening ]

[ Your Faith In Yourself ]
[ Maybe You Left Your Courage In The Garage ]
[ Up High On A Shelf ]
[ Sitting There Away From The Barrage ]
[ Of Negative Words ]
[ That You Heard ]
[ From Someone Else ]

[ You Dislike & Almost Hate ]
[ How Bully‘s Like To Operate ]
[ Sometimes They Play It Cool ]
[ & Don’t Show You How They Shut The Gate ]
[ On People, So They Could Make Them Look Like A Fool ]
[ Or How They Sit & Wait ]
[ Until They Grab The Only Remaining Stool ]

[ It Is A You -vs- Them ]
[ Until They Become Society’s Bigger Problem ]
[ Of Sneezing & Coughing Up Phlegm ]

[ It Is Like The Nagging Flu ]
[ When You Have Zero Clue ]
[ About What To Do ]

[ A Fear Can Nag ]
[ Fears Can Zig-Zag ]
[ They Can Even Play Tag ]

[ Fear Was Never About Power ]
[ It Lived On Borrowed Breath ]
[ Once It Goes For An Hour ]
[ It Is Fed With Hesitation & Starved On Facing Death ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(029)▪︎[ Getting Lost In Your Mind … 2026 ]

[ When Daylight Loosens Its Golden Hold ]
[ & The Evening Whispers Stories That Are Old ]
[ Mother Nature Wastes No Time In Turning The Temperature Cold ]

[ As The Moon Ascends To Her Silver Throne ]
[ You Try To Call A Friend, On Your Phone ]
[ That’s When The Shadows Tell You That You Are Not Alone ]
[ Because You Don’t Even Hear A Dial Tone ]

[ The Stars Wake & Start To Glimmer ]
[ All You Can Hear ]
[ Is Your Inner Voice Whimper ]

[ The Clocks Start To Unwind ]
[ Right In Front Of Your Weary Eyes ]
[ Is This Meant To Play With Your Mind? ]
[ Or A Simple Ploy To Knock You Down A Size? ]

[ Your Bed Looks Like A Wayward Ship ]
[ In The Bigger Scheme Of Things ]
[ You Feel Like Just A Tiny Blip ]
[ Life Really Stings ]
[ Whenever You Feel Your Mind Slip ]

[ In Your Mind Your Ship Is Supposed To Glide ]
[ On The Ocean ]
[ That Is So Deep & Wide ]
[ You Close Your Eyes Just To Feel The Motion ]
[ But If You Wait Too Long You Might Feel That You Died ]

[ Your Eyes Close Doors To The World You Once Knew ]
[ You Wish That Someone Would Have Given You A Clue ]
[ That The Doors That Closed Would Be Quite A Few ]

[ When Quiet Miracles Are Beginning ]
[ Logic Starts Bending ]
[ & While Time Starts Thinning ]
[ Do You Think That Your World Has Begun To Head To A Anti-Climactic Ending? ]

[ You Feel That Is Something That Is Tempting ]
[ But That Is Not What You Are Attempting ]
[ Even Though You Feel Like Your Gas Tank Is Emptying ]

[ You Once Dreamed That You Were On A Winding Staircase ]
[ When You Tried To Leave En Haste ]
[ You Tripped & Fell Right On Your Face ]
[ But You Did Receive ]
[ A Rounding Applause From Every Person In The Place ]

[ You Took Your Beautiful Wife Aside ]
[ To Confide ]
[ The Only Thing That You Hurt Was Your Pride ]

[ The Fall Did Knock The Air Out Of Your Lungs ]
[ This Happened Once Before When You Were Young ]
[ @ Least This Time You Did Not Bite Your Tongue ]

[ Your Breath & Pride Will Eventually Return ]
[ Sometimes You Block Out What You Have Learned ]
[ & Sliding Face First On Carpet ]
[ Will Always Burn ]

[ You Try Not To Fear ]
[ That All Of Your Lost Tomorrows Will Always Be Near ]
[ They Would Not Had Been Lost ]
[ If The Purpose Of Being There Was Clear ]
[ No Matter The Cost ]
[ No Matter The Amount Of Tears ]

[ You Don’t Believe In Coincidences ]
[ Or Shared Time Instances ]
[ All They Might Be Is Simple Unconnected Incidents ]

[ There Were Simpler Times ]
[ When Buying A Pack Of Baseball Cards Only Cost A Kid (2) Shiny Dimes ]
[ It Seemed Like A Safer Time ]
[ When Bad Guys Were Committing Alot Less Violent Crimes ]

[ Your Self-Esteem Felt Right ]
[ Your Future ]
[ Was Like A Flame ]
[ That Was Burning Bright ]
[ Then You Lost Your Name ]
[ & Everything Felt Like An Uphill Fight ]

[ You Are Trying To Stay Upright On Your Feet ]
[ Even Though You Felt That Your Pride Ran Out To The Street ]
[ When All That You Asked Was That This Bad Dream Would Not Repeat ]

[ Why Couldn’t You Have Had A Dream Of Being A Child Running Through The Cool Night Air? ]
[ Without Having A Single Care ]
[ But Having A Big Heart To Share? ]

[ Dreams Of Childhood Usually Brings A Smile ]
[ & It Stays For Awhile ]
[ Because Afterall … You Were Just A Child ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(008)▪︎[ Angel’s In The Room … 2026 ]

[ There Are Times When Angel’s Actually Do Roam The Earth ]
[ You Know That When A Bell Rings ]
[ Everytime There Is A Child’s Birth ]

[ It Is Not Always The Norm ]
[ For An Angel To Show Themselves ]
[ In Human Form ]

[ They Just Might ]
[ Take Flight ]
[ During The Morning ]
[ Instead Of Always Being @ Night ]

[ They Are Not Like Santa ]
[ Who Is Always Looking For All Of The Good Girls & Boys ]
[ They Don’t Have A GPS Antenna ]
[ So They Can Deliver Goodies & Toys ]

[ Angel’s & Santa Claus’s Purpose In Life Are Worlds Apart ]
[ Santa Might Live In The Mind ]
[ While Angel’s Live In The Heart ]
[ Because They Are So Kind ]

[ Unfortunately There Times When An Angel Will Appear Before A Man’s Eyes Right Before Death ]
[ Maybe Drug Abusers Are Trying To To See The Angels]
[ When They Start Smoking Meth ]

[ They Keep Wanting To Get To An Even Higher High ]
[ Hopefully They Pass Out ]
[ Before They Die ]

[ Angel’s Will Sometimes Lead A Man Down A Better Path ]
[ Sad To Say That If You Have Test Anxiety In Class ]
[ Angel’s Will Not Help You During Your Final Test In Math ]

[ Children Tend To See Angel’s More Often Than Adult’s, Because They Really Believe ]
[ If An Adult Told His Friends That They Saw One ]
[ His Friends Would Probably Think That He Was Hiding Something Up His Sleeve ]

[ Maybe That’s Why Adults Won’t Admit ]
[ That They Ever Noticed It ]

[ It Wouldn’t Sound Believable To See An Angel Fly ]
[ By ]
[ Unless You Were Probably High ]

[ Sometimes Angel’s Do Good Deed’s ]
[ Other Times They Help Those That Are In Need ]

[ They Don’t Ever Give Out Money ]
[ They Probabaly Wouldn’t Lead Someone To The Land Of Milk & Honey ]

[ Rest Assure That Angel’s Are Here To Stay ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(001)▪︎[ Do Differently? … 2026 ]

What could you do differently?

[ What Could You Do Differently? ]

[ Lots Of Things ]

[ Get More Sleep ]

[ Eat Better ]

[ Get Back In To The Gym. Surgery Was Almost (2mo’s) Ago ]

[ Make (2) Stranger’s Smile Everyday, Instead Of Just One ]

[ Teach The Younger Generation What You Know About Life, That They Might Yet Not Know ]

[ Work With Kids, Instead Of Just Worry About Them ]

[ Spread Friendliness ]

[ Show Care To Others, Instead Of Fear ]

[ Buy A Homeless Person Lunch ]

[ Give Without Expecting Anything Back ]

[ Let Old Grudges Wash Off Your Shoulders With The Next Rain ]

[ Lend A Hand Instead Of Walking Past Someone ]

[ Give From The Heart, Instead Of Shooting From The Hip ]

[ A New Friend Is Just A “Hello” Away. Be The One That Says It First ]

[ Go The Extra Step ]

[ Be Able To Go To Bed With A Clean Conscience That You Did The Best You Could ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Billboard … 2026 ]

If you had a freeway billboard, what would it say?

[ What Would Your Free Billboard Say? ]

[ Your Billboard Would Be Plain ]

[ The Message Would Be Simple & Straight Forward ]

[ It Would Say, “Life Is Already Hard, Try Being Nice To Each Other!” ]

[ Simple & To The Point ]

[ You Feel That Treating Each Other Humanely Has Been Lost In Society ]

[ The Affects Of The Costly ‘VID’19 Virus Has Never Subsided ]

[ Most People In Public Treat Strangers Like They Are Dangerous & Avoids All Eye Contact @ Any Cost ]

[ Alot Of The People In Society Walk Around Like Sheep ]

[ Lost … ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~