Category: [ Daily Prompt ]

(001)▪︎[ The Moon … 2025 ]

How much would you pay to go to the moon?

[ How Much Would I Pay To Go To The Moon? ]

[ $0.00 ]

[ Why? ]

[ Is Life Sustainable Up On The Moon? ]

[ Why Is So Much Money Spent On Space Travel? ]

[ Every Year? ]

[ Alot Of People Feel That The Moon Landing Was Faked. Staged ]

[ Do I? No. Why Would It Have Been Faked? ]

[ To Set-Up Another Situation For Conspiracy Enthusiasts To Go Nuts Over? New Angles For More Books? ]

[ So Much Time Has Elapsed Since The Moon Landing. Why? What Has NASA Learned Through All Of This Time? They Won’t Say. What Did Those Astronauts See? Did They Encounter Any Problems? ]

[ Has The Billions Of $’s Provided Any Useful Information? ]

[ The Government Won’t Say ]

[ NASA Could Save Money By Paying Me (7) Figures For NOT Wanting To Go ]

[ Let E.T. Openly Visit Us Here! ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Alternate Path … 2025 ]

What alternative career paths have you considered or are interested in?

[ There Was One Alternative Path That I Felt I Would Never Wander Down & That Was Working In Corrections ]

[ Adult Or Juvenile? ]

[ Troubled Kids That Needed Some Guidance? ]

[ Or Hardened Teenagers That Got Convicted Of Felony Crimes? ]

[ Adults That Saw One Day In Jail? ]

[ Adults That Have Been Incarcerrated For A Long Period Of Time? ]

[ Never Thought That I Would Work With Either Group ]

[ I Am Always Curious About Other People ]

[ What Makes Them Tick, What Brought Them To The Point They Are @ In Their Life & What They Do For Work ]

[ There Was A Female Lifter On The Powerlifting Team That I Was A Part Of ]

[ She Stated That She Was A Treatment Manager On A Unit That Housed Male Juveniles @ A Correctional Facility In Our City ]

[ I Was Curious About Her Work ]

[ She Said Words That Changed The Life Path That I Was Aimlessly Wandering Down ]

[ “If You Are So Curious, Sign Up For A Practicum Term, Since You Are Going To School” ]

[ I Was In My Senior Year @ WOU, In Monmouth, OR ]

[ I Talked With My Advisor About What Needed To Be Done ]

[ Put In (20hrs) A Week There ]

[ Write Papers About My Experience Out There ]

[ ½ Through The Term I Started To Increase My Hours Out There ]

[ By The End Of The Term I Was Doing Close To (35hrs) A Week Out There ]

[ Then My Last Term I Signed Up For Another Practicum! ]

[ I Loved Being Out There ]

[ I Filled Out A PD100 Form & Applied For A Full-Time Position ]

[ The Day After I Graduated I Was Offered A Job There ]

[ The Rest Is History ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Specialty … 2025 ]

What food would you say is your specialty?

[ Specialty Food That I Want? ]

[ Specialty Food That I Cook? ]

[ Specialty Food That I Bake? ]

[ I Have Made Incredible Lasagna Before, Following A Recipe ]

[ I Put A Certain Twist On A Box Of Brownies ]

[ I Do Not Disclose My Secrets, Because Then There Would Not Be A Mystery To My Baking. Then They Would Make Me Disappear Since My Usefulness Would Not Be Needed Anymore ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ A Risk … 2025 ]

What’s the biggest risk you’d like to take — but haven’t been able to?

[ The Biggest Risk I Would Like To Take Would Be Taking A Step Towards Self-Publishing My Stories ]

[ That Would Be A Risk Because How Would My Self-Esteem Handle Not Selling A Single Copy? ]

[ It Is A Huge Risk Because I Write Whatever I Am Thinking Or Feeling @ The Time ]

[ That Would Leave Me Wide Open To Scrutiny & Criticism From Strangers That Couldn’t Care Less How It Would Come Across ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Working On … 2025 ]

What have you been working on?

[ The Main Thing That I Am Working On Is Myself ]

[ Trying To Be The Best Person That I Can Be, For Myself & Others ]

[ I Am Working On My Self-Esteem, Self-Confidence ]

[ I Am Working On Trying To Be The Best Husband. Because My Beautiful Bride Of Almost (30yrs) Deserves That ]

[ I Am Working On Trying Be Transparent To Others. Showing Others That There Is No Hidden Agenda In My Words, Or Actions ]

[ I Am Working On Trying To Be The Easiest, Less Demanding, Most Accommodating/Honest/Caring/Understanding Client To My “Dream Team” Of CG’s, Needle & Bump ]

[ I Am Working On Trying To Be The Best Kind Of Friend To My Handful Of Friends ]

[ I Am Working On Letting Go Of The Grudges That I Have Been Carrying With Me For All These Years ]

[ I Am Always Working On My Writing ]

[ I Am Working On Completing My ’75 Topps Mini’s Baseball Card Set That I Started (50yrs) Ago, But Then Set It Aside ]

[ I Working On My Diet So I Can Get My Much Needed Spinal Surgery ]

[ I Am Working On My Eating So I Can Lean Down To A Lower Weight ]

[ I Want To Work On My Baking Skills ]

[ I Am Working On Drinking More Water ]

[ This Has Become A Much Longer List Of “What I Am Working On” Than I Previously Imagined. It Looks Like I Have Alot Of Work I Should Be Doing! ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Rested or Unproductive … 2025 ]

Do lazy days make you feel rested or unproductive?

[ It Depends On Why It Is Called A Lazy Day ]

[ I Am Home On Permanent Disability ]

[ If I Wanted To, Or Was Not Careful, Everyday Could Turn Into A Lazy & Unproductive Day ]

[ I Try To Write SOMETHING, Every Single Day ]

[ Unless I Am In The Hospital ]

[ The Year 2025 Was Not A Good Year, Health Wise ]

[ An Unproductive Day, Would Be One When I Could Not Write ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Successful … 2025 ]

When you think of the word “successful,” who’s the first person that comes to mind and why?

[ There Have Been Alot Of People Who Were Regular People That Became Successful ]

[ Bill Gates & Paul Allen Come To Mind ]

[ They Became Successful By Simply Collaborating On An Idea & Went For It & Created Microsoft ]

[ Phil Knight Became Successful When He Was A College Student Running Track For The University of Oregon ]

[ A College Kid That Had A Dream & Combined His Ideas With His UofO Track Coach & Created Nike ]

[ Mark Cuban Was A College Student Who Combined Ideas With His Friends To Become Successful

[ Damon John Came Up With The Idea For FUBU & Became Successful Building A Clothing Empire ]

[ My Powerlifting Coach Terry L. Was A Very Successful Coach. Our Team Started Out As A Core Team Of About (8) Of Us Lifters. The Team Grew To Over (15). We Then Had Maybe Over (9) Of Us Become World Champions & World Record Holders In Our Federation ]

[ The Lifter’s That Reached That Pinnacle Were Successful ]

[ Becoming Successful Can Take Alot Of Time, Hard Work, Sacrifices & Oftentimes Money ]

[ Very Few People Are Overnight Success’s ]

[ Everyone Has Something In Them That They Might Be Good @ ]

[ Take The Idea, Dream, Work Hard & Try, Fail, Try, Fail & Keep Trying Until You Feel Like You Are Succeeding ]

[ Everywhere You Look There Are Successful People In All Different Fields ]

[ Making Money Is Not The Only Guage Of What Makes Someone Successful ]

[ Having An Idea & Working Towards It Until You Are A Success To Yourself, Makes Someone Successful ]

[ Some People Are Never Happy With What They Do Or Have Done ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Good Neighbor … 2025 ]

What makes a good neighbor?

[ A Good Neighbor Usually Leaves You Alone ]

[ He Doesn’t Invade Your Privacy ]

[ By Using A Drone ] …

[ When You Drive By Him While He Is Working In His Yard ]

[ He Waves Because He Is Friendly & Nice ]

[ During The Winter, He Works Really Hard ]

[ Using His Shovel On The Sidewalk, Clearing Away The Snow & The Ice ] …

[ He Barbecues All Year Long ]

[ & It Smells Really Good ]

[ He Knows That He Can’t Go Wrong ]

[ When He Barbecues For The Whole Neighborhood ] …

[ He Is Generous To A Fault ]

[ When You Knock On His Door ]

[ To Ask Him For Some Sugar Or Salt ] …

[ He Keeps His Eye On Your Property Whenever You & Your Family Are Out Exploring Other Towns ]

[ When You Meet Him ]

[ You Would Definitely Agree With His Pronoun’s ] …

[ He Is Just One Regular Guy ]

[ He Won’t Ever Steal Your Mail Or Newspaper ]

[ & He Bakes A Wonderful Apple Pie ] …

[ Everyone Around You Lives A Quiet & Comfortable Life ]

[ They Are Nice To Your Kids ]

[ & Nobody Tries To Covet Your Wife ] …

[ A Good Neighbor Will Always Care ]

[ If They Happen To Buy The Winning Megabucks Ticket, They Better Share ]

[ Because If They Won’t ]

[ You Will Become Their Worst Kind Of Nightmare! ] …

[ A Worst Neighbor They Would Never Find ]

[ Because You Would Become The Kind ]

[ That Would Mess With Their Mind ] …

[ As A Neighborly Rule ]

[ Nobody Will Treat You Like A Fool ]

[ When They Come To Their Senses & Start To Share, Then Everything Would Go Back To Being Cool ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Grown Up … 2025 ]

When was the first time you really felt like a grown up (if ever)?

[ Well I Feel Like There Is A Huge Difference Of Feeling/Being/Acting Mature & Feeling Like A Grown Up ]

[ I Feel Like I Am & Act Mature ]

[ I Don’t Want To Feel Like A Grown Up ]

[ For Me To Feel Like A Grown Up I Feel Like I Would Be Giving Up That Youthful, Playful Side Of Me ]

[ I Am 62yrs. Young ]

[ Do Not Dress Like A Grown Up! ]

[ I Wear Shorts Year Round ]

[ I Wear Vans, Adidas Shoes & Merrill Boots ]

[ T-Shirts, Sweatshirts, Hooded Sweatshirts, Adidas Socks, Baseball Hats ]

[ I Shave My Head, Instead Of Being In Denial When My Hair Starts Thinning ]

[ I Will Never Be Doing That Horrible Looking Comb Over Style. No Hair Clubs For Me ]

[ No Slacks, Cardigans Or Black Socks ]

[ I Listen To Old & New Music ]

[ I Appreciate The Youthful Side Of Thinking & Life ]

[ If You Look, Act, Or Want To Be Different, Good For You ]

[ Don’t Let Anyone Paint, Or Mold You Into A Box Of What Someone Wants You To Be Like ]

[ I Live By The Saying, “You Do You” ]

[ My Parents Were The Grown Ups In My Life. I Don’t EVER Want To Be Like They Were. No ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~