Scratchpad of Thoughts — Bob Voegele

This is not a time to worry about other people's oil levels.Some people's engines are going to lock up, but we are not to risk our engines locking up to make sure someone's engine does not lock up.That is not selfish. This is grace. Though, some will go down with their locked up engine, some will need our engine to be running, until they receive a new engine.I see some have attempted to repair their own engine...with no knowledge of how they even work. Some don't even have the right tools in their hands for the job....and some of those people...

Something I have realized I don't want to say to someone that loses their dad, or anyone else, is the equivalent of, "I lost my dad. I know how you feel."...because I don't know how they feel. I know that it sucks and it hurts, but I don't know the levels of their relationship, their wiring, their connection, their frequencies, their limitations, their abilities, their said and unsaid, and the fullness of what their loss means to them.One person can lose a dollar, and it means more than the person that loses ten thousand dollars.A relationship is like a mold...

I would like to apologize now. I am probably about to say something that will make my family cringe. Not that I have anything planned that I believe is offensive, but if I inherited one thing from my dad, it is the fact that he constantly said things in public that would cause the rest of the family to look on in horror, and say, "Bob...you can't say that!"My dad was not one that gave a care when he felt something needed to be said.He had no politically correct meter whatsoever.To the point that I always said, if we ever...