[ In Life ]
[ @ Least Where There Is Light ]
[ Other People Owe You Nothing ]
[ Especially If You Want Something ]
[ You Have To First Learn ]
[ How To Earn ]
[ @ Your Birth ]
[ You Have No Worth ]
[ Even After Your First Year ]
[ Of Your First Career ]
[ You Probably Have (1) Bowl To Eat From ]
[ After Your Years Of College )
[ You Are Probably Numb ]
[ It Would Be Nice If You Had Someone With Which You Could
Share Your Life & Bed ]
[ Hopefully Able To Share & Talk About The Monsters That Live
In Your Head ]
[ Sometimes It Is Okay To Be Going It Alone ]
[ Just Don’t Lose Your Cellphone ]
[ The Growing Up Years ]
[ Is Where You Face Alot Of Your Fears ]
[ Then When You Go Through College ]
[ You Cause & Shed Alot Of Tears ]
[ After College You Start To Fumble & Are Trying To Find Your
Niche ]
[ Most Careers Don’t Start By Making A Wish ]
[ If You Are Lucky, You Could Start As A Dishwasher @ A Great
Restaurant With Good Teachers ]
[ Or You Could Go The Seminary Route & Become A Preacher ]
[ A Good Teacher In A Restaurant Is A Patient Chef ]
[ They Would Be Showing You How To Maneuver Around The
Grill, Right & Left ]
[ Or Work @ The Lowest Level Of A Good Company ]
[ So You Could Learn About Everything That You Hear & See ]
[ If You Are Not Good @ Sports, The Military Could Be Your
Ticket Out From Your Surroundings ]
[ You Could Live In Different Cities Or Countries ]
[ & See Amazing Things ]
[ Growing Up You Need To Keep Open Your Options ]
[ Then Maybe Later In Life You Could Work With Kids Going
Through Adoptions ]
[ Try To Keep The Kids From Staying Above Their Doubt ]
[ & Letting Them Know That There Is Always A Way Out ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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Tag: #growingup
(1402)▪︎[ It’s Hard … 12•15•2019 ]
[ Growing Up Is Hard To Do ]
[ It Doesn’t Matter If You’re Almost 12 ]
[ Or Past 52 ]
[ Sometimes You Have To Begin ]
[ With ]
[ Taking A Step Back & Looking Within ]
[ The Problem With Always Looking Back ]
[ Is That You’ll Never Get Passed Your Past ]
[ & You Won’t See What Is Coming @ You From The Front
To Attack ]
[ It Is Hard ]
[ To Always Be On Guard ]
[ But If It Seems You Must ]
[ Because There Is A Large Degree Of Mistrust ]
[ Know It Is Not Always Your Fault ]
[ If You Need To Take Everything That One Person Says
[ (WITH A GRAIN OF SALT) ]
[ There Should Not Be An Ounce Of Guilt ]
[ If You Have Tried Your Hardest ]
[ & Have Had The Attitude That You Just Don’t Quit ]
[ When Some People See Hard Times Ahead ]
[ & Then Find Out Their Drive Is Dead ]
[ They Can’t Figure Out How To Take On A Challenge ]
[ Because They Lose Their Balance ]
[ & Lean Way Too Much To One Side ]
[ Because Someone, Somewhere Lied ]
[ About How To Get Around The Pot Holes ]
[ & Climb The Poles ]
[ That Gets Oneself Out Of Failures Grip ]
[ When Push Comes To Shove ]
[ Alot Of People Are Not Traveling The Same Trip ]
[ You’re Born W/No Shoes, Clothes & A Screaming Voice ]
[ & All Of The Answers To The Questions That Lie Ahead ]
[ Are Made For You Without Giving You A Choice ]
[ When It’s Finally Time To Take That Giant Step All Alone ]
[ Find A Good Person To Live With ]
[ Put Down Some Roots & Call It Your Home ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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