(001)▪︎[ Self-Care … 2026 ]

How do you make time for self-care?

[ You Have The Opposite Problem ]

[ You Have Too Much Time On Your Hands ]

[ You Are In Your New Apartment, (24/7), Except When Your Caregivers Takes You To An Appointment ]

[ You Don’t Have A Job Because Of Your Disability ]

[ You Don’t Drive Because Of Your Disability ]

[ You No Longer Have A Wife ]

[ Your Primary Human Contact Are Your Caregivers ]

[ But You Have The Best Caregivers That You Have Ever Had, Now ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Trip … 2026 ]

What’s the longest trip you’ve ever taken?

[ What Was Your Longest Trip? ]

[ You Would Probably Have To Say That It Was When You Drove From Southern Oregon Up To Northern Alaska ]

[ It Was About An (8) Day Trip ]

[ You & (2) Friends Made The Trip One Summer ]

[ Once We Got Into Canada, We Drove The Al/Can Highway All The Way Through Canada Into Alaska ]

[ We Had The Worst Luck When It Came To Your Friends Used Truck ]

[ He Bought The Truck Specifically For This Trip ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Mindset … 2026 ]

How does your mindset affect your financial success?

[ Mindset? … ]

[ You Would Think That Your Financial Success Or Decline Would Have Everything To Do With Your Mindset ]

[ If Your Mindset Is Not Centered You Could Be Reckless & Careless, Causing A Complete Collapse Of Your Financial Picture ]

[ If You Plan & Stay The Course, Most Times You Will Come Out Okay ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(361)▪︎[ Once In A Lifetime? … 2026 ]

[ They Say That You Only Find Love Once In A Lifetime ]
[ Oh, If You Only Had A Dime ]
[ Each Time That Was Said ]
[ That Means There Would Only Be One Event That Would Be Sublime ]
[ Going Off In Your Head? ]


[ That Would Be A Disturbing Statement, If That’s True ]
[ Once A Marriage Doesn’t Follow All The Way Through ]
[ How Does A Man That Has A Big Heart ]
[ Such As You ]
[ Not Fall Apart? ]

[ You Thought You Found True Love Over (31yrs) Ago ]
[ Well Now You Know ]
[ That She Did Not Feel The Same Way, Also ]

[ Now That You Are Losing Your Best Friend, Confidant, & Lover ]
[ Do You Stay In Bed Underneath Your Cover’s ]
[ Or Walk Out Of The House Holding Your Head High ]
[ & Happily Start Over? ]

[ That Sounds Like A Great Idea ]
[ Get A New Place To Live ]
[ Then Furnish It With Things From IKEA ]

[ So Go Get Such & Such ]
[ Keep Everything That You Love Very Much ]

[ Start By Packing A Lunch ]
[ Get A New Place That Packs A Punch ]

[ You Have Started Over Before ]
[ Just Not Like This ]
[ Now When Go Through The Front Door ]
[ You Will Have A Brand-New ‘To-Do List’ ]

[ The World Is Wide Open Right Before Your Very Eyes ]
[ You Are Tired Of All The Past Lies ]
[ You Want A Woman Who Does Not Chase After Other Guys ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(174)▪︎[ The Fun Is Gone … 2026 ]

[ Do You Really Deserve The Kind Of Life That You Have ]
[ When You Are In A Stressful Moment ]
[ Are You Able To Cut The Stress In ½ ]
[ When You Attempt To Make People Laugh? ]


[ Life Can Overwhelm Anyone Out Of Nowhere ]
[ Things Can Happen Here ]
[ Or Over There ]
[ Without It Being Clear ]
[ That Anyone Cares ]


[ Whenever You Walk Out Your Front Door ]
[ You Feel That You Must Prepare Your Core ]
[ For Some People’s Behavior ]
[ That Comes Across Really Poor ]
[ Do You Feel Like You Must Look Towards The Sky For Some Kind Of Favor? ]
[ Because You Don’t Want To Deal With The Crap Anymore! ]


[ Where Will It Stop? ]
[ Maybe When All Hope Is Lost ]
[ If Everything Drops ]
[ What Will Be The Final Cost? ]

[ Will There Be A Final One ]
[ When All Is Said & Done? ]
[ When There Is No More Fun ]
[ Do You Want To Pack-Up Everything & Take Off & Run? ]

[ That Sounds Like A Great & Inspiring Idea Most Days ]
[ In Your Younger Years ]
[ You Could Feel Better By Going Outside & Catching Some Sunshine Rays ]
[ How Do You Get The Fun To Stay? ]

[ You Guess You Can’t ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(248)▪︎[ The Gender Conundrum … 2026 ]

[ Are Males & Females Really Programmed To Get Along? ]
[ So Much Goes Wrong ]
[ When The Signal Between The (2) Genders Does Not Come Across Very Strong ]

[ Women Seem To Be From Venus ]
[ So We Must Conclude That Men Are From Mars ]
[ When There Needs To Be Information Passed Between Us ]
[ It’s Like Motorcycles Trying To Understand Cars ]

[ One Is One Thing, While One Thing Is Another ]
[ They Could Be Raised In The Same Home ]
[ They Could Be Raised By The Same Father & Mother ]

[ When, Where Or How ]
[ Do Things Go Awry ]
[ It Could Be Now ]
[ But Nobody Can Understand The “Why?” ]

[ Are Men The Only Gender ]
[ That Lashes Out In Anger? ]
[ The Answer To That Can Also Get Confused With Which Is The More Tender ]

[ The Answer To Both Questions Remains Floating Up In The Air ]
[ It Can Get As Confusing As Who Has The Longest Hair ]
[ Go Ahead & Answer The (2) Questions That You Asked Right There ]

[ There Seems To Be Alot Of Physical & Emotional Traits That Is Being Shared ]
[ There Doesn’t Seem To Be Any Individuals Being Spared ]

[ Men Can Oftentimes Be Physically Stronger Then Most Women ]
[ Most Women Can Oftentimes Be More Emotional Than Most Men ]
[ But Then ]

[ That It Does Not Seem Right ]
[ To Always ]
[ Or Completely Use These Kinds Of Stereotypes ]

[ The Main Thing Must Be Understood ]
[ Is Deep Deep Down ]
[ Both Genders Are Good ]

[ Stereotypes Can Be Damning ]
[ & Alarming ]
[ It Is Your Understanding ]
[ That Both Genders Can Also Be Quite Charming ]

[ Nobody Understands ]
[ When One Side Of A Couple ]
[ Always Makes Demands ]

[ Just Know ]
[ That The Understanding Part Might Come About @ A Really Slow ]

[ Pace ]
[ So Give Each Other Some Grace ]
[ Without Getting Into Each Other’s Face ]

[ Because Hostility Does Not Solve Anything ]
[ Rejoice When You See ]
[ What The Other Gender Can Bring ]

[ To The Table ]
[ When They Are Capable ]
[ When They Are Able ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

Aloha

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