When I was younger I use to hold up my pink jam box to the radio and record songs. It seemed like I was always interrupted by one of my sisters bursting through my door and saying "Hey Brandy!", totally ruining my recording! After waiting to hear my new favorite song and recording it; I would get out my paper and pen and write down the lyrics. I was always careful to hit play and stop button at crucial moments to completely understand what they were singing about. Since it was the 80s most of the songs were about sex, drugs and rock n roll. Oh wait, I think songs are still about that. I remember singing SO many songs wrong because that is what I thought I heard.
When I was little mom put us in the Girl Scouts and for some reason this exercise has always stuck with me. It was the Gossip Circle. We all sat in a huge circle, facing each other and our Troop leader would whisper in one girls ear a sentence. Such as, "Brandy Kemp is an awesome rockstar!" She was only allowed to say it one time and then that girl would whisper it in the next girls ear only saying one time mind you. After we went completely around the circle whispering "Brandy Kemp is an awesome rockstar!" the last girl at the end of the circle had to say out loud to everyone what was whispered in her ear. Every time it went around the circle that sentence was so far off base it was unbelievable! It would end up being something like "Brandy pimps out possum cars!" What??
I told you all of this to tell you so many things are misconstrued in the world. Things said aloud, things on Facebook, things unsaid, things on this blog, songs misheard and sometimes just plain old gossip will start a whole lot of trouble for absolutely no reason at all. So many angry people in the world just waiting to read something wrong, read the wrong body language, hearing something wrong, or saying something wrong. And don't forget the nosey ones too! Boy can they stir the pot!
I have seen a lot of relationships ruined because of miscommunication, I have seen people's reputation ruined because of gossip and I have seen so many grudges held because of a misunderstanding. All because someone didn't listen. They just didn't hear everything. Telling the wrong thing. You were in too big of a hurry to get the lyrics down so you could sing next time it was on the radio. You even thought that I would pimp out a possum car? I have gotten it wrong before and I have had people get it wrong from me too. I am sure I will get it wrong again.
Take the time to listen if your gonna repeat it, be careful what you repeat and for goodness sake don't juice it up for the wow factor! And repeat after me, Brandy does not pimp out possum cars...Until then
Keep Rockin
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