[ Criticism Can Be Hard On The Heart & Head ]
[ You Never Know What Could Be Around The Next Curve ]
[ You Always Wish That It Would Be A Compliment, Instead ]
[ How Hard Is It To Give A Compliment? ]
[ A Minute? ]
[ A Moment? ]
[ Is It A Compliment Or Criticism That Has The Longer Effect? ]
[ A Compliment Can Bring A Smile ]
[ Criticism Can Have A Negative Affect ]
[ For A Long While ]
[ A Wise College Professor Once Said ( THAT IT TAKES 10
ATTA BOYS TO CANCEL OUT 1 OH SHIT ) ]
[ If Someone Says That While You Work ]
[ Would You Like That, One Bit? ]
[ If The Person Was Being A Jerk ]
[ Why Shouldn’t You Want To Quit? ]
[ But Some People Say That Constructive Criticism Can Be Positive ]
[ Not Negative ]
[ It All Depends On How It Is All Said ]
[ That Sets It As A Positiv Or Negative Memory In The Head ]
[ Some Remarks Are Remembered Until You Are Dead ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
Category: [ 2020 Stories ]
(744)▪︎[ The Path In Life … 9•1•2020 ]
[ Is Life One Long Path With Doors On Each Side? ]
[ Which Door Do You Open? ]
[ That Has The Car That Will Take Them On The Best Ride? ]
[ Will It Swerve ]
[ Around The Potholes ]
[ That Are Always Around The Next Curve? ]
[ & Cause You Lumps ]
[ On Your Psyche ]
[ When You Hit The Bumps ]
[ That You Just Did Not See? ]
[ Getting Thrown Out Of The Car After A Bump Is Inevitable ]
[ Some Knockdowns ]
[ Are Not Preventable ]
[ Getting Up Every Single Time Is A Must ]
[ But To Rely On Others For Help ]
[ You Have To Have Complete Trust ]
[ Complete Trust In Others Can Be Hard To Get ]
[ You See That Has Happened With Very Few People
You’ve Met ]
[ Oftentimes When You Have Tried ]
[ You Come Out All Wet ]
[ You Are Left All Alone Standing Outside In The Rain ]
[ With All That You’ve Tried ]
[ You Look @ How Little You’ve Gained ]
[ But For The One’s That Are No Help, Make Use Of A Good Verb ]
[ & Kick Them To The Curb ]
[ Then Ignore The Taunts ]
[ & The Ensuing Wrath ]
[ Then Do What You Want ]
[ & Get Back On Your Right Path ]
[ Continue On With Your Life ]
[ Celebrate The Good Times With Your Wife ]
[ Then Leave The Strife ]
[ & Thrive ]
[ Then Show That You Are Very Much Alive ]
[ As You Keep Your Car In Drive ]
[ Move Towards Your Goals ]
[ Be Nice To Everyone You Meet ]
[ By Saying Positive Words To Warm Their Souls ]
[ Sit & Think For Awhile ]
[ That Every Day ]
[ You Can Say Or Do Something To Someone That Makes
Them Smile ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(636)▪︎[ Full Circle … 7•22•2020 ]
[ I Feel Like This Trip Brought Me Full Circle With My
Brother Brent ]
[ That Was One Of The Main Reasons That We Went ]
[ No Matter What We Spent ]
[ I Had To See Where He Was Laid To Rest ]
[ Even Though The Neighborhood Was Not The Best ]
[ I Only Met My Brother Once As An Adult In My Life ]
[ It Was Because Of The Curiosity & Diligence ]
[ Of My Wife ]
[ She Came Up With The Idea To Find Him One Day ]
[ When She Asked, I Said ( OKAY ) ]
[ But How? ]
[ In What Way? ]
[ Right Now? ]
[ I Did Not Think It Could Be Done ]
[ When Told About Some Information I Just Thought ( THIS IS NOT FUN! ) ]
[ Then I Just Wanted To Run! ]
[ Some Information That I Was Told ]
[ I Just Did Not Want To Know! ]
[ Because When Our Father Died ]
[ We Were Not Very Old ]
[ We Did Not Remember Each Other ]
[ Growing Up I Stayed With My Sister ]
[ & I Was Told That I Had A Brother ]
[ But That Was It ]
[ No One Told Me Shit ]
[ Not A Name, Location, Age ]
[ Not Even A Little Bit ]
[ So I Never Wanted To Even Look ]
[ There Was No Plan Written In A Book ]
[ When Nicole Brought This Up I Had No Faith ]
[ This Was Going To Be A Futile Chase ]
[ Afterall, Where Would This Lead ]
[ Is This The Sort Of Heartache That I Need? ]
[ Then One Day, There Was A Maybe ]
[ We Found That He Could Live In Durham N.C. ]
[ Could He Be? ]
[ Him? ]
[ Then I Thought That The Chances Were Slim ]
[ So The Next Day I Called The Number That I Was Given ]
[ Was This Guy Someone I Could Trust ]
[ Trust Is A Must ]
[ In My Book ]
[ In My Neighborhood ]
[ I Called The Number & Asked Some Questions To This Stranger ]
[ Was He Going To Be The Lone Ranger? ]
[ Riding Into The Sunset ]
[ Even Before We Met? ]
[ @ First He Thought My Call Was A Scam ]
[ I Tried To Reassure This Man ]
[ He Thought I Was Calling Because I Wanted Something ]
[ I Assured Him That I Wasn’t Asking For A Thing ]
[ Nothing ]
[ But Then I Traveled To N.C. To Meet ]
[ Well His Reaction Could Not Be Beat ]
[ He Finally Believed ]
[ & Did Not Throw Me Into The Street ]
[ When We Met ]
[ I Know That Was Him ]
[ So I Lost My Bet ]
[ That Was A Good Bet To Lose ]
[ If I Had To Choose ]
[ That Was The Start Of A Very Strong Connection ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(633)▪︎[ My Brother’s Grave … 7•20•2020 ]
[ Yesterday I Finally Went To My Brothers Grave ]
[ I Stood There, Staring ]
[ Hoping That My Emotions Behave ]
[ But The Reaction That I Had ]
[ Wasn’t All Bad ]
[ It Was The ( NOT DOINGS) Of His Wife ]
[ That Had Me So Mad! ]
[ She Shows Such Disregard For Her Responsibilities ]
[ She Is In North Carolina Spending Money Like
She Is A Celebrity ]
[ She Is Not Even Showing An Ounce Of Respect ]
[ Since He Died ]
[ What Should I Expect? ]
[ Since She Lied? ]
[ She Was Supposed To Get A Headstone For My Brother ]
[ & She Is Supposed To Be A Loving, Caring Mother ]
[ But When Picking To Do Either ]
[ She Has Done Neither ]
[ So I Want To Switch ]
[ Back My Thoughts On This Story ]
[ & Do No More Talking About That Bitch ]
[ The Cemetary Looks Well Taken Care Of ]
[ Each Gravesite Is Shown Alot Of Love ]
[ & I Hope My Brother Can See That ]
[ From Way Up High Above ]
[ I Am So Grateful That Sanoe Took Me To His Spot ]
[ I Have To Thank Her Alot ]
[ & Then I Look Around @ The Family That I’ve Got ]
[ I Want To Hug Them & Keep Then Near ]
[ Even When I Can’t Always Be Here ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(927)▪︎[ The Quiet Is Nice … 11•4•2020 ]
[ I Love The Sound You Make When You Are Quiet ]
[ The Silence That It Creates ]
[ Is As Relaxing As A Beautiful Sunset ]
[ As The Sun Sets Everything Seems To Be @ Peace ]
[ If There Is Chaos In The World ]
[ It Needs To Cease ]
[ Open The Window & Gaze @ That Awesome Sight ]
[ It Is Time For The Moon To Rise ]
[ As Nature Turns Into Night ]
[ I Am In Awe With How This Happens Every Day ]
[ Usually During The Same Time ]
[ & In The Same Way ]
[ Nothing Needs To Be Said ]
[ As Everything Around Me Goes To Bed ]
[ But People Are The Loudest Living Things On Earth ]
[ They’ve Been Making Sounds ]
[ Starting With Their Birth ]
[ Sometimes I Enjoy The Silence & Calm That Mother
Nature Has ]
[ No Screaming, Or Honking Cars That Harass ]
[ My Ears ]
[ There Is No Negativity To Hear ]
[ But Eventually I Must Get Back To Reality ]
[ & Be Surrounded By The Eventual Negativity ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(906)▪︎[ Have We? … 10•28•2020 ]
[ Have We As A Society Progressed? ]
[ Or Has This Virus Made Us Regress? ]
[ It Has Forced Us To Go Against Our Natural Strength ]
[ Which Is To Touch ]
[ Because We Must Stay Back From Each Other By
@ Least An Arm’s Length ]
[ How Does This Affect The Relationship Between A
Child & Their Elderly Grandmother? ]
[ When They Cannot Be In The Same Room With Each
Other? ]
[ If We Come Upon A Stranger Within Our 6 Feet Space ]
[ Can You Tell If They Have A Smile Or Frown On Their Face? ]
[ We Try To Get Away As Fast As We Can ]
[ Because In Our Head We Want Our 6 Feet Of Space Back ]
[ No Matter If That Was A Woman Or Man ]
[ Have We Become A THAT Society? ]
[ Instead Of A Male Or Female Body? ]
[ How Did We Used To Make A Friend Out Of A Stranger If
We Were Out Walking? ]
[ Didn’t We Smile, Then Stop & Start Talking? ]
[ That Is Not How We Are Told To Now Do ]
[ We Are Told To Keep Walking ]
[ & Never Talk Or Meet Someone New ]
[ They Might Give Us The ‘VID ]
[ & When We Bring It Home To Our Family ]
[ We Would Stand There & Say ( OH, LOOK WHAT I DID! ) ]
[ We Bet We Won’t Do That Again Is What We’ll Think ]
[ We Could Have Ignored That Stranger With A Blink ]
[ Are We Going To Be Forced To Go Back To Quaratining If
The Virus Numbers Keep Rising? ]
[ The Numbers Of New Cases Are Surprising ]
[ But Really, Should It Have Been A Surprise? ]
[ The Experts PREDICTED The Rise ]
[ Now The Two Biggest Family Holidays Are Almost Here ]
[ This Is That Time Of The Year ]
[ & The Precautions Are Totally Unclear ]
[ How Do People Tell Their Relatives That They Are
People That They Can’t Be Near? ]
[ Without Having Feelings Hurt On Both Sides? ]
[ Or Without Making Up Lies? ]
[ Maybe A Little White Lie Would Be Best Overall ]
[ We Can Say We Can’t Come In An Email, Text Or
The Old Fashioned Phone Call ]
[ The Virus Is Not The Bad Thing That We Want To Give
Or Receive ]
[ Keeping People Healthy Is What We are Trying To Achieve ]
[ & Seek ]
[ To Keep ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(902)▪︎[ In The Air … 10•27•2020 ]
[ What Is In The Air Tonight? ]
[ Is It The Scent Of Good Memories? ]
[ Or Does It Make You Want To Fight? ]
[ Fight Back The Tears? ]
[ Or Fight Your Fears? ]
[ You Have Been Battling To Control These Emotions For Over
18 Years ]
[ You Have Narrowed That Count, Down To Three ]
[ But Each One Has The Same Affect On You ]
[ Because They Have Become Triggers ]
[ For Your PTSD ]
[ When You Start To Head Down That Negative Path It
Starts To Make You Worry ]
[ When There Needs To Be Someone In The Room ]
[ You Always Want To Say ( I’m SORRY! ) ]
[ In Advance ]
[ Because Nobody Should Be Forced To Watch ]
[ As You Slip Away, Into A Trance ]
[ Can You Be Woken? ]
[ Has There Ever Been A Word Spoken? ]
[ In Your Trance Like Look ]
[ Do You Look Broken? ]
[ You Feel Broken The Minute After You Come Out ]
[ Sometimes You Have Doubt ]
[ Of Where You Are @ That Minute ]
[ You Need To Be Talked To & Engaged ]
[ Or The Movie Can Come Back & Then You Will Be Right Back In It ]
[ Sometimes It Is A Really Slow ]
[ Fall ]
[ Into Someplace That You Don’t Want To Go ]
[ @ All ]
[ Back In, Because There Are Times When You Have Fallen ]
[ Your Name Is What Someone Should Be Calling ]
[ You Can Control A Twitch ]
[ As Well As You Can Control A Sneeze ]
[ So Don’t Act Like A Little Bitch ]
[ Please ]
[ & Laugh & Tease ]
[ Because You Can Hear If You Are Being Negligent ]
[ Or Caring ]
[ It Would Be Magnificent ]
[ If You Don’t Feel The Need To Go Around & Start
Sharing ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(899)▪︎[ It Is Who You Are … 10•26•2020 ]
[ Is It Who You’re With, Or Who You Are? ]
[ In A Group Of Ordinary People ]
[ Are You The Brightest Star? ]
[ Do You Persevere ]
[ & Shine? ]
[ When Others Have The Nerve ]
[ To Stand There & Whine? ]
[ Then You Say ( OH PLEASE ) ]
[ ( DO YOU WANT SOME CHEESE? ) ]
[ To Seal ]
[ That Meal? ]
[ Some People Stand There Waiting For Something To Do ]
[ Is That What You Want To Do Too? ]
[ I Didn’t Think So ]
[ Because That Is Not The Effort You Show ]
[ When Things Slow Down ]
[ You Speed Up ]
[ When You Look Around ]
[ You’re The Only One That Is Not Holding A Beggars Cup ]
[ A Nickel Here, A Dollar There ]
[ Whenever They Get A Dollar ]
[ They Would Never Share ]
[ They Keep Everything For Themselves ]
[ They Never Think Of Helping Or Including Anyone Else ]
[ Selfish Is The Word That Comes To Your Mind ]
[ Others Are Thankful ]
[ That Are Not Of That Kind ]
[ You Are Almost Too Generous ]
[ Most Of The Time ]
[ On Occasions Too Numerous ]
[ To Count ]
[ You Gave A Friend Your Last Dime ]
[ You Bypass Your Own Needs To Help Others ]
[ You Help Out Friends ]
[ Because You Don’t Have Any Sisters Or Brothers ]
[ Your Only Brother Got Taken From You Many Months Ago ]
[ For Reasons That You Will Never Know ]
[ ( THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON ) Some People Will Say ]
[ Those Are The Types Of People That Needs To Go Away ]
[ & Stay ]
[ That Way ]
[ Then End Things On A Positive Note ]
[ Show Them The Door ]
[ After They Grab Their Coat ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(062)▪︎[ Coulda Shoulda Woulda … 1•17•2020 ]
[ Way Way Back In The Brain, Where There Are A Whole Bunch
Of Woulds ]
[ There Also Lies Piles, Of Shoulds & Coulds ]
[ Some Of These Are Here, Because Of Changes In The Attitude ]
[ Some Need To Change, To Get In A Better Mood ]
[ Could One Of These Be The Thing That We Woulda Shoulda
Coulda Had Been Done ]
[ Some Were For Work Or Life ]
[ Some Coulda Made Our Life A Lot More Fun ]
[ Should I Had Walked Down That Street? ]
[ Should I Had Gone On That Run? ]
[ Could One Woulda, Had Me Marry The Wrong Wife? ]
[ That Would Be All I Would Need ]
[ A Lifetime Of Strife! ]
[ What If I Had Bought That Hat? ]
[ If Only I Had Only Done This Or That ]
[ Should I Had Bought That One In White ]
[ Could I Have Really Won? ]
[ If I Went Left Instead Of Right ]
[ Do I Call All Of These Coulda Shoulda Woulda’s ( REGRETS )? ]
[ Or Should I Call Them ( FORGETS )? ]
[ I Cannot Do Anything About Them Now ]
[ I Cannot Look @ One & Say ( CHANGE! ) ( POW! ) ]
[ It Is Fun To Use The Imagination ]
[ It Is Fun To Have A Fascination ]
[ It Is Not Good To Have A Fixation ]
[ Because If You Take A Woulda Shoulda Coulda ]
[ And Try It & Fix ]
[ The Whole World Could Play Tricks ]
[ And You Might Just Run Into A Whole Lot Of Dicks ]
[ So Try As You Might ]
[ When It Comes To This Subject ]
[ Bid It Goodnight ]
[ And Take It Out Of The Bright Light ]
[ And Close Your Brain To Its Sight ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(646)▪︎[ It Is All THEIR Business … 7•25•2020 ]
[ I Really Need To Stay Out Of Other People’s Business ]
[ If They Plan Or Choose To Do Something ]
[ I Need To Let It Be, Their Mess ]
[ & Never Mine ]
[ I Should Only Be Concerned About Going Dakine ]
[ Everyday, Before Nine ]
[ If They Want To Do Something, Then That Is What They’ll
Do ]
[ & If They Include Another ]
[ That Would Be Trouble, Times Two ]
[ That Means That Would Be ]
[ Something That Doesn’t Concern Or Affect Me ]
[ I Am Not Going To Be The One To Tell Them Where
Not To Step ]
[ Even If I Did ]
[ There Would Not Be Any Appreciation, I Bet ]
[ Appreciation Is Definitely Not Something That Is Widely
Shown ]
[ That Is A Fact, That Is Widely Known ]
[ So Known, That I’d Be Dumb Not To Know ]
[ Appreciation? ]
[ How Does It Show? ]
[ People Will Show That They Do Not Appreciate Something, Really
Quick ]
[ Even To Go As Far As Making Me Sick ]
[ Not To My Stomach, But In My Head ]
[ But Then I Ask Myself ]
[ ( DO I NEED MORE MED’s? ) ]
[ Or Maybe I Should Be Like Most Everyone Else ]
[ I’ll Just Throw Up My Arms & Go Back To Bed ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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