Tag: dailyprompt

(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 ~

(001)▪︎[ Out Of Place … 2025 ]

Tell us about a time when you felt out of place.

[ There Have Been Many Times When I Have Felt Out Of Place, Or Out Of My Element ]

[ The Earliest Times When I Had Felt Out Of Place, Was Each Time I Was Moved To Another Foster Home ]

[ I Was Not Quite (3) Years Old When My Sister & I Were Moved Into The First Foster Home ]

[ About Every (18) Months We Were Moved ]

[ When You Get There You Do Not Know A Single Thing About What You Can Or Can’t Do, Where You Are, Who Is In The House, What Do You Call Them, Where To Go, What The Daily Or Nightly Schedule Is, etc … ]

[ You Are Scared, Worried, Angry & A Number Of More Emotions ]

[ We Did Not Have Any Family In Oregon After Our Dad Shot Himself In The Head ]

[ So I Could Just Imagine That We Were A Tiny Bit Traumatized Since He Did It In The Home ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Advice … 2025 ]

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?

[ The Very Best Piece Of Advice I Ever Received, I Still Practice In My Life … To Get A Friend, You Must First Be A Friend ]

[ I Have Tried To Instill This Into My Son’s Life ]

[ But He Doesn’t Get It ]

[ Do Unto Others … ]

[ Know Yourself First ]

[ What You Want In A Friend, Could Possibly Be The Exact Same Things As What Others Seek ]

[ Try It … ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Foods … 2025 ]

What are your favorite types of foods?

[ I Don’t Know If I Have Favorite Foods ]

[ I Definitely Do Not Have A Simple “Go To” Food ]

[ I Never Really Had One Growing Up ]

[ I Imagine I Like More Hot Food’s Than I Like Cold Food’s ]

[ I Love Pineapple ]

[ I Imagine That If I Committed The Sin Of Saying That I Didn’t Like Pineapple I Would Have To Hand In My Membership Card For Being Born In Hawaii ]

[ I Love Prime Rib & Ribeye Steaks ]

[ I Also Do Not Eat Foods That Are Normally Eaten For Breakfast, Lunch Or Dinner @ Morning, Noon Or Night ]

[ I Guess, I Did Not Actually Answer The Question, Sorry ]

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~