What’s your top tip to be successful in life?
[ Be Successful, How? ]
[ Treat Others, Not As You Want To Be Treated, But As Others Treat You ]
[ Have Inner Peace ]
[ Don’t Resent Others ]
[ Grudges Only Hurt The One That Holds One ]
[ The Next Day, Is Always A New Start ]
[ Remember People’s Names That Are Positive ]
[ Forget About People That Are Negative ]
[ Be Whatever You Want To Be ]
[ Money Should Not Be Your Carrot ]
Mahalo,
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
[ Spite ]
[ Is Not A Love Language That Is Brought In With The Sunlight ]
[ It Could Be From Some Unforeseen Slight ]
[ Or From The Fight ]
[ That You Had Last Night ]
[ Spite Can Be Built ]
[ Like A Quilt ]
[ One Square Is Sewn ]
[ One Chance Was Blown ]
[ Each Square On The Quilt Can Equal One Event ]
[ Where Money ]
[ Or Time Was Spent ]
[ Spite Can Build Layer Upon Layer ]
[ On Each Other ]
[ It Does Not Go Away By Being Blessed With A Prayer ]
[ From Your Mother ]
[ A Big Problem ]
[ Comes About When You Start Trusting Everyone ]
[ Except The Devil Inside Them ]
[ Spite Can Happen & Start ]
[ With Hurt Feelings ]
[ Or A Broken Heart ]
[ Does Spite Go Away? ]
[ It Does Not Sway ]
[ & It Doesn’t Come About Through Fair Play ]
[ Can Spite Be Right Or Wrong? ]
[ Is The Emotion Weak Or Strong? ]
[ Is The Resentment Ever Going To Be Gone? ]
[ Spite Is Not Whimsical ]
[ Comical ]
[ Or Homicidal ]
[ It Doesn’t Get Settled With A Smile ]
[ You Cannot Walk In Their Shoes For Awhile ]
[ & It Can’t Be Turned Off By Turning A Dial ]
[ Spite Is An Angry Emotion ]
[ It Does Not Get Diverted In A Commotion ]
[ There Is No Information ]
[ To Be Learned ]
[ There Are No Confirmations ]
[ To Be Earned ]
[ There Are No Corners ]
[ To Be Turned ]
[ To Get Back To The Starting Line ]
[ Spiteful People ]
[ Always Whine ]
[ & Their Nature Is Very Unstable ]
[ There Is No Going Back ]
[ Because Now You Have A New Normal ]
[ There Gets To Be A Large Stack ]
[ Of Situations That Now Are Informal ]
[ ” @ Ease” Is What The Soldier Is Told ]
[ Now There Is No Bond To Hold ]
[ Because The Feelings Between You (2) ]
[ Have Gone Completely Cold ]
[ So Do You Give The Devil His Due? ]
[ Or Walk Away Quietly & Fold? ]
[ That Is Not Giving In ]
[ Whatsoever ]
[ You Are Now Putting Everything In A New Perspective & A Different Spin ]
[ By Being Clever ]
[ Spite Rules The Person’s Life Through Anger ]
[ The Person Has One Cautionary Word Tattooed On Their Forehead ]
[ & That Is “Danger!” ]
~ Ka hopena ~
Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe
~ Aloha ~
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What’s a common misconception people have about happiness?
[ What Are Some Misconceptions? ]
[ That It’s Easy To Get ]
[ That It It Is Easy To Keep ]
[ That It Is Perpetual ]
[ America Is The Land Of Happiness ]
Mahalo,
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
[ You Don’t Get Married In Hopes Of Preparing For Divorce ]
[ That Would Be Like Putting The Cart In Front Of The Horse ]
[ Of Course ]
[ Life Is Full Of Long Periods Of Boredom, Followed By Sudden Twists ]
[ One Day You Feel Sedentary ]
[ The Next Day You Are Running All Over Town Finishing Your To-Do Lists ]
[ You Want To Drop Her One Big Clue ]
[ By Saying, “ABCDEF-You” ]
[ You Don’t Want To Cause A Scene ]
[ By Being Mean ]
[ So You Keep Your Temperment Somewhere In-Between ]
[ Being Mean & Nice ]
[ Some Comments You Have To Say Twice ]
[ But Not Thrice ]
[ It Is Not That You Are Angry Or Emotional ]
[ You Gave Up Being Devotional ]
[ When You Started Being Rational ]
[ Curves In The Road Are Common Place ]
[ Just Don’t Turn Into A Disgrace ]
[ & Do Something That Blows Up In Your Face! ]
[ You Want To Walk With Your Head Held High ]
[ Don’t Tell Lies ]
[ So You Can Be The One That Says, “Goodbye” ]
[ When You Know ]
[ It’s Time To Go ]
~ Ka hopena ~
Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe
~ Aloha ~
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[ Right Now Your Heart Can’t Stop Breaking ]
[ Your Whole Body Won’t Stop Shaking ]
[ These Are A Couple Emotions That You Are Not Faking ]
[ You Don’t Have A Spare Tear To Shed ]
[ When You Used To Be Down ]
[ You Would Reminisce About That Day You Were Wed ]
[ Now You Feel Like A Clown ]
[ As You Sit Here On Your Huge, King Sized Bed ]
[ What Do You Do Now? ]
[ You Have To Try To Start Over ]
[ You Just Don’t Know How ]
[ For Starters ]
[ You Need To Be The Thermostat ]
[ Not The Thermometer ]
[ Control Where The Temperature Goes ]
[ Be The Gauge Where The Temperature Shows ]
[ Do Not Bow Your Head & Shrink ]
[ Don’t Sink ]
[ In The Bottle & Drink ]
[ Don’t Let Your Broken Heart Lead ]
[ Don’t Slit Your Wrists So You Bleed ]
[ Surround Yourself With People You Love & Need ]
[ Don’t Quit ]
[ Hold Your Head High ]
[ Even Though You Might Feel Like Shit ]
[ Take The High Road ]
[ Carry The Brunt Of The Load ]
[ Take A Deep Breath & Don’t Explode ]
[ Even Though You Might Need A Breather ]
[ Things Will Someday Get Much Easier ]
~ Ka hopena ~
Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe
~ Aloha ~
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What is one way you have grown this year?
[ How Have You Grown? ]
[ You Feel That Because Of The Assistance Of The Dream Team Of Caregivers You Now Have, You Have Shown Considerable Mental Growth ]
[ Each CG Has Mentally Prepared You For Today ]
[ Even Though Your Now Soon To Be Ex-Wife Tries To Break You Down Nightly, In An Effort To Boost Her Self-Esteem ]
[ Your (2) CG’s Keep Holding Your Head Above The Raging Water That Tries To Drown You Daily ]
[ Your CG’s Support You In A Healthy & Professional Way ]
[ No One Gets Married In Preparation Of Then Going Through A Divorce ]
[ There Are Are Going To Be Rough Days & Water Ahead ]
[ But You Have Been Preparing Mentally For This ]
[ Wish You Luck! ]
Mahalo,
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
Write your guide to setting healthy boundaries in relationships.
[ What Are The Guidelines? ]
[ Your Guide To Setting Healthy Boundaries Starts With One Word … Communication ]
[ There Is No Secret Sauce ]
Mahalo,
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
[ This World Does Not Seem As Fun As It Used To Be ]
[ When You Go Outside Of The House ]
[ People Are Not Even As Friendly ]
[ Most People Are Still Very Much In “Stranger – Danger” Mode ]
[ Young Males ]
[ Don’t Go By Any “Gentleman’s Code” ]
[ Everybody Is For Themselves ]
[ Emptying Most Of The Grocery Shelves ]
[ Not Leaving Much For Anyone Else ]
[ Helping Your Neighbor Is Not What Most Neighbor’s Will Do Anymore ]
[ Whenever You Might Have A Problem ]
[ Not Too Many People Are Comfortable Knocking On Their Neighbor’s Door ]
[ Strangers No Longer Meet ]
[ & Greet ]
[ In The Street ]
[ People Don’t Talk, They Text ]
[ What’s Next? ]
[ As You Aged ]
[ You No Longer Got Paged ]
[ Strangers Don’t Want To Look You In Eyes ]
[ That Can Cause Fights ]
[ So, Words The Wise ]
[ Don’t Go Out, Into The Night ]
[ Strangers No Longer Care ]
[ They Won’t Share ]
[ Some Do Not Even Dare ]
[ To Make Eye Contact When You’re Standing Right There ]
[ They Don’t Want You To Be Staring ]
[ While They Are Glaring ]
[ Unless Someone Is Daring ]
~ Ka hopena ~
Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe
~ Aloha ~
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[ When Things Get Tough ]
[ & Your Self-Confidence Is Growing Lean ]
[ When The Rapids Start Getting Rough ]
[ & The Weather Is Getting Mean ]
[ Do You Feel You Are Enough ]
[ For Those Times That Are In-Between? ]
[ Being Human Is Part Of Life’s Plan ]
[ No Matter If You Are A Woman Or A Man ]
[ It Is Up To Each Individual To Do As They Please ]
[ Life Should Not Be A Tease ]
[ & You Shouldn’t Need To Search For Anyone To Appease ]
[ You Should Be Your Own Person ]
[ You Always Want To Put Forth Your Best Version ]
[ Of Yourself ]
[ Because You Should Not Live Your Life For Someone Else ]
[ You Must Be Happy With The Person That You See Reflecting Back In The Mirror ]
[ You Always Want To See A Smile ]
[ Instead Of A Tear ]
[ You Do Need To Be Honest To Your Inner Self ]
[ Sometimes You Must Leave Your Ego On The Garage Shelf ]
[ Throughout The Day Give Yourself A Break ]
[ Don’t Always Worry About The To-Do Lists That You Feel That You Have To Make ]
[ Every Once In Awhile Treat Yourself To A Vanilla Milkshake ]
[ That Won’t Ruin The Program That You Are On ]
[ It Is Not Like All Of Your Self-Control Is Gone ]
[ Writing Your Thoughts Is Very Relaxing For Your Brain ]
[ Don’t Work Yourself Into A Ball Of Pain ]
[ Always Be Aware Of That On-Coming Train ]
[ In The Tunnel Of Life ]
[ That On-Coming Train Might Be Your Only Light ]
~ Ka hopena ~
Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe
~ Aloha ~
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Do you think humans will ever colonize Mars? What would life there actually look like?
[ Colonize Mars? ]
[ What Is The Purpose? ]
[ Why Does The Government Throw Billions Of $’s @ NASA To Go Beyond Earth? ]
[ Usually When You Want To Set-Up A 2nd Or 3rd Location For Your Business, You Pretty Much Worked Out The Bugs From The 1st Location ]
[ America Has Not Done This @ All! ]
[ You Can Understand The 1st Race To The Moon, Because It Was Against China & The U.S.S.R. ]
[ The One Thing That America Does Not Do, Is Take Care Of Its Own ]
[ The Homeless Problem Is Spilling Outside Of The Downtown. Towards Unaware Neighborhoods & People ]
[ What Is The Point Of Space Travel, Anyways? ]
[ The Average Person Will Never Benefit From Space Travel ]
[ If They Could Or Would, Could Someone Please Explain? ]
[ You Hope It Doesn’t Continue ]
[ But Hope Is Not Tangible, So What Is The Point? ]
Mahalo,
~ Lopaka DeVoe ~
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