战胜自己

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.

周末我去為一个音乐节表演，我听到一个乐队鼓手打鼓的声音。他在我们之前，从舞台的侧面上场。我感到有些挫败，他是一个非常出色的摇滚鼓手。他的力道非常卓越，速度非常快，打法花哨。我只能看到他的双手和双脚，它们的速度如此之快，简直就像在飞翔。

我上场了，开始表演，坐在前排的某个人一直在为我加油，呼喊着夸赞之词。我从台上下来，那个人来到我面前，又开始赞美我，我并没有想太多。直到10分钟之后，他对我说再见，我看到他背起了一个镲片包。原来他就是之前演奏时我听到鼓声的那个鼓手，原来他也因为我感到了挫败。我没有看到他的脸，所以没有想到会是这样。

这件事的教训是：我们倾向于不相信自己的实力，因为我们总是在听自己演奏的声音，所以我们总觉得不够好。可是对于别的人来说，或许这样的表演别有韵味、技艺卓越。做好自己。真正的较量，就是战胜自己。