(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 ~

(1385)▪︎[ Don’t Preach … 12•10•2019 ]

[ Why Would Anyone Get On A Soapbox To Preach ]
[ You’d Rather Be The Person That Stands On Their Own Two Feet ]
[ & Teach ]

[ Preach To You & The Words Will Burn ]
[ Teach To You & The Words Will Help You Learn ]

[ Teach You How To Better Yourself In The Long Run ]
[ Let You Run Around Yelling (I WON! I WON!) ]

[ People Don’t Usually Win, They Lose ]
[ Not Entering The Race ]
[ Is What Most People Would Choose ]

[ Now They Have Shows Like (MAN -vs- BEAR) ]
[ Who Brought This Idea Up? ]
[ Why Would Anyone Want To Go There? ]

[ Into An Area Full Of Bears All Over The Land ]
[ Who Would Take Charge? ]
[ Will The Bears Follow A Command? ]

[ You Have No Idea How To Survive ]
[ Waiting For Help To Arrive ]
[ You Want To Leave That Show Breathing On Your Own
& Alive ]

[ Someone Could Look @ Your Cowardice & Ask (WHERE’s
YOUR PRIDE?) ]
[ You Live Life Without A Guide ]
[ You Have To Say (I WASN’t SCARED FOR A MINUTE) ]
[ Well, You Lied ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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[ Are There Misunderstandings? … 12•14•2020 ]

[ Sometimes When We Need To Practice What We Preach ]
[ We Need To Learn What We Are Talking About, Before
We Attempt To Teach ]

[ Sometimes When I Show What I’ve Learned ]
[ You Should Give Me The Respect That I’ve Earned ]

[ For Me To Be Able To See The Other Side Of The Fence ]
[ & To Keep Me From Getting Tense ]
[ The Whole Idea That Is Put In Front Of Me, Must Make
Sense ]

[ As The Days Go By More & More ]
[ I Am Not Knowing If You Understand All Of My
Metaphors ]

[ During The Times That You May Be A Concrete Thinker ]
[ I Might Have On, My Creative Blinker ]

[ & You Will Be As Uncomfortable Taking On My Stress ]
[ As Much As I Would Look Bad Wearing Your Dress ]

[ We Each Have Our Own Cross To Bear ]
[ Just Like We Each Have Our Own Clothes To Wear ]
[ But Even As Much As We Try To Care ]
[ There Are So Many Stressers In Each Others Lives ]
[ That We Are Unaware ]

[ Of ]
[ That We Don’t Love ]
[ That Grip Us Like A Tight Glove ]

[ But What We Do Share ]
[ Is A Love For Each Other ]
[ That We Can’t Compare ]
[ Or That We Can’t & Don’t Find Anywhere ]

[ Else ]
[ Except From Within Ourselves ]

[ The Love & Understanding That We Do Not Give Any
Other Person In Our Life ]
[ Is The Love That We Have ]
[ & Have Gained ]
[ Because, For Almost 25 Years Now, We Have Been
Husband & Wife ]

[ @ That Very Second That I Said ( I DO! ) ]
[ I Knew ]
[ From That Point Forth ]
[ That The Only Thing That Mattered To Me For The Rest
Of My Life … Was You! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(527)▪︎[ Friendship … 6•28•2021 ]

[ Friendship Is Not Something That Can Be Explained ]
[ It Is A Subject Where People Have Complained ]

[ This Is Not A Subject That Was Taught In School ]
[ But If You Did Not Learn This, You Look Like The Fool ]

[ Friendship Lines Are Sometimes Set By Race ]
[ Sometimes It Really Does, Go By The Color Of Your Face ]

[ That Is Sad, But True ]
[ This May Or May Not, Affect Someone That Looks Like
     You ]

[ Looks Can Affect Everything ]
[ But Sometimes Looks Does Not Mean A Single Thing ]

[ Friendship Is Often Drawn Down Monetary Lines ]
[ Sometimes It Matters To Others If Your Piggy Bank Is
     Full Of Pennies Or Dimes ]

[ Some People Can Be Total Bitches ]
[ If You Are Not One Of The Richest ]

[ Friendship Should Be Based On The Person, Not What
     Is In Their Wallet ]
[ Or The Coins In Someone’s Pocket ]

[ If You Do Not Know How To Be A Friend, How Can They
     Get One? ]
[ If You Are Not Fun ]
[ Would That Make Someone Run? ]

[ To You, Or Away From You? ]
[ If You Knew ]
[ What Would You Do? ]

[ Some Follow & Some Lead ]
[ Some Step Up, In Times Of Need ]

[ When Those That Follow ]
[ Try To Speak ]
[ Do Their Words Come Out Sounding Hollow? ]
[ Or Weak? ]

[ Is It Possible To Teach Someone That Has No Soul ]
[ How To Step Into A Leadership Role? ]

[ @ Times, That Is An Impossible Task ]
[ @ Times, Some People Are Well Hidden Behind Their ‘VID 19 Mask ]

[ School Teaches People Many Things ]
[ How To Read, How To Play The Trumpet ]
[ & How To Group People Together That Sings ]

[ But It Won’t Teach You How To Make A Friend, Though ]
[ Those Kinds Of Life’s Lessons ]
[ You Have To, Grow ]
[ To Know ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]