TOMMY WHO???

Tommy????

I woke up and just like that I realized for the past 33 years I’ve been belting out Bon Jovi’s song “Livin on a Prayer” WRONG!!!!!  I mean for real…WHO IS TOMMY?  My guy has been Johnny and I don’t know who the hell this Tommy dude is.

Seriously though…it happened. Today.  Pulling out of my driveway, deciding I’ve had enough of love songs that make me feel gross inside and forget country music because that makes me feel like crashing my car into something and I’ve already had enough wrecks for one year.  So I think to myself there is only one thing to do!!!  BREAK OUT THE 80’s ROCK.  It won’t cause a ton of reminiscing because we didn’t listen to it very often, SO YEAH, HELL YEAH, BRING ON THE 80’S ROCK.  I gotta be honest, it’s not my fav whatsoever.  But it doesn’t bring memories to my head or my heart.  So, with that, you bet, I’m all in.

I am however highly disturbed by the fact that I’ve been singing this song wrong for so many years.  How is that even possible to miss something so obvious? Maybe the real question is, was I really listening in the first place?  Tommy v. Johnny.  Hmmmmm, I guess it’s possible.

So that brings me to this thought. If it has been possible to miss something so critical as the name of the dude who worked on the docks in Bon Jovi’s hit song all these years, then who knows how much I’ve missed in LIFE not really listening. Hearing and listening are two very different things.  Touché Tommy!

Live. Learn. Rinse. Repeat

TAK