(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 ~

(432)▪︎[ The Discovered Needle … 2025 ]

[ Every Morning When She Wakes You, It Helps You See ]
[ How Real The Day Can Turn Out To Be ]

[ The Sun In Her Beautiful Eyes ]
[ When She Helps You Rise ]
[ Does Make You Realize ]
[ That You Are One Of The Luckiest Guys ]

[ & You Know That You Are One Of The Luckiest Client’s On This Earth ]
[ It Did Not Take Her Long ]
[ To Prove Her Value & Worth ]
[ & The Decision To Hire Her Was Not @ All Wrong ]

[ You Always Wanted To Find Her CG Twin ]
[ To Make Everyday A Win-Win ]
[ But Then You Would Sit & Wonder ]
[ “When Could This Other CG Begin?” ]

[ You Hope That She Stays With You As You Attempt To Maneuver Your Way Through The Remaining Years Of Your Life ]
[ She Also Goes Outside Of Any To-Do List She Might Have ]
[ To Do So Much To Help Both You & Your Beautiful Wife ]
[ Cut All Of The Stress We Have Here By ½ ]

[ You Have Always Been Very Thankful That You Were Able To Find That 1 In A Billion Needle In The Haystack ]
[ You Are Now Off Carina ]
[ You Hope To Never Find The Need To Go Back! ]

[ The Way That She Comes In, It Relaxes You, Like You Are @ The Ocean ]
[ She Is Real & Genuine ]
[ Because She Never Seems Like She Is Just Going Through The Motions ]

[ She Came In Since Day One Knowing What She Needed To Do ]
[ She Does Not Call Out, While Faking The Flu ]
[ She Is A Self-Starter ]
[ & Does Not Wait For Some Kind Of Social Cue ]

[ She Keeps The Mood Light ]
[ She Checks In With You, Whenever You Are Out Of Her Sight ]
[ She Is Empathetic ]
[ Because She Understands Your Plight ]

[ Her Outside Worries Are Checked @ The Door ]
[ You Have Enough Of Your Own ]
[ & She Has Not Come To Give You More ]

[ Each Passing Day Makes Her Look More Of A Gem ]
[ & Less Of A Financial Problem ]
[ Or Emotional Burden ]

[ Before She Comes ]
[ You Never Feel The Need To Take Inventory Of Every Plate & Cup ]
[ She Has A Sense Of Humor, So She Understands Your Sarcastic Puns ]
[ She Is Not A Theft Risk, So You Do Not Need To Lock All Of Your Valuable’s Up ]

[ When She Comes To Your Home, She Always Keeps Things Real ]
[ She Helps You Feel ]
[ Like You Are A Big Deal ]

[ Is All Of This A Relief? ]
[ Is This What You Want To Believe? ]
[ Or @ The Young Age Of (62) ]
[ Are You Being Quite Naive? ]

[ Maybe It Is Understood ]
[ That Nobody Is This Good ]

[ But Not To Sound Rude ]
[ That Is Not What You Conclude ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
Aloha 

Na 
Lopaka DeVoe 

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(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 ~

(001)▪︎[ Attempt … 2025 ]

What’s something you would attempt if you were guaranteed not to fail.

[ I Would Love To Teach High School Boys & Girls How To Lift Weights ]

[ I Am (62) Years Old, So I Am Very Old School When It Comes To Weight Lifting ]

[ When I Was In The 5th Grade I Asked My Parents For A Weight Set For Christmas ]

[ I Followed The Instructions & Taught Myself How To Lift Weights ]

[ I Lifted In Gyms When I Was Old Enough ]

[ In ’94 I Joined A Powerlifting Bench Press Team ]

[ ’99 Was My First Time @ The World Championship For Our Federation ]

[ I Competed In The 165lbs Police/Fire Division ]

[ I Took Home 1st Place Trophies In ’99, ‘2000, & 2001 ]

[ I Would Teach Proper Form FIRST! ]

[ Teach Them That When Learning Proper Form You Start Out With Light Weights ]

[ Then & Only Then You Start Lifting Heavier ]

[ When You Lift With Bad Form/Technique You Risk Injury ]

[ After Teaching Weight Lifting, I Would Coach Them & Love Watching Them Succeed ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Loss … 2025 ]

What would you do if you lost all your possessions?

[ The First Thing That I Would Do If I Lost All Of My Possessions Would Go To My Knees & Cry ]

[ There Have Been Many Nights When A Nightmare Of Losing Everything By An Act Of Mother Nature Woke Me In A Cold Sweat ]

[ Yes, Insurance Will Pay Out ]

[ But Only A Fraction Of The Monetary Value That I Would Ever Have ]

[ What About Possessions That Money Can’t Buy, Or Replicate? ]

[ Physical Pictures, Lifting Awards, Pictures, Money (Over Said Amount), Actual Letters &/Or Cards, Jewelry, Collections, All Clothing, etc… ]

[ I Never Want To Be Put In That Position ]

[ Being Burglarized Was Hard Enough ]

[ The Way Insurance Companies Pay Out Is Another Criminal Act Committed Against You ]

[ Misrepresenting Their Policies ]

[ Making It SO Hard To File, Then Collect On A Claim ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~