戰(zhàn)勝自己

I played a festival over the weekend and listened to the drummer from the band who went on before us from the side of the stage. I got a bit discouraged. He was a good rock drummer so he had great power and played fast and skillfully. I only saw his hands and feet; they were fast as flying.

I got on， started playing and someone in the front row kept cheering me on， yelling compliments. I got offstage; the guy came up to me， started giving more compliments. I didnt think much of it. Till 10 minutes later he said goodbye to me and he was carrying a cymbal bag. It was the same guy I was listening to earlier and was discouraged by me. But I never saw his face so I never knew.

The lesson is that we tend to undervalue what we do because we hear ourselves do it all the time so to us it isnt good. But to someone else， it may be something exotic and virtuosic. Do what you do and the only real competition is conquering yourself.

周末我去為一個(gè)音樂(lè)節(jié)表演，我聽(tīng)到一個(gè)樂(lè)隊(duì)鼓手打鼓的聲音。他在我們之前，從舞臺(tái)的側(cè)面上場(chǎng)。我感到有些挫敗，他是一個(gè)非常出色的搖滾鼓手。他的力道非常卓越，速度非常快，打法花哨。我只能看到他的雙手和雙腳，它們的速度如此之快，簡(jiǎn)直就像在飛翔。

我上場(chǎng)了，開(kāi)始表演，坐在前排的某個(gè)人一直在為我加油，呼喊著夸贊之詞。我從臺(tái)上下來(lái)，那個(gè)人來(lái)到我面前，又開(kāi)始贊美我，我并沒(méi)有想太多。直到10分鐘之后，他對(duì)我說(shuō)再見(jiàn)，我看到他背起了一個(gè)镲片包。原來(lái)他就是之前演奏時(shí)我聽(tīng)到鼓聲的那個(gè)鼓手，原來(lái)他也因?yàn)槲腋械搅舜鞌　Ｎ覜](méi)有看到他的臉，所以沒(méi)有想到會(huì)是這樣。

這件事的教訓(xùn)是：我們傾向于不相信自己的實(shí)力，因?yàn)槲覀兛偸窃诼?tīng)自己演奏的聲音，所以我們總覺(jué)得不夠好。可是對(duì)于別的人來(lái)說(shuō)，或許這樣的表演別有韻味、技藝卓越。做好自己。真正的較量，就是戰(zhàn)勝自己。