最驚險的PK 是戰勝自己

Played a festival over the weekend.
週末我去爲一個音樂節表演
Listened to the drummer from the band
我聽到一個樂隊鼓手打鼓的聲音
who went on before us from the side of the stage
他在我們之前，從舞臺的側面上場
and I got a bit discouraged.
我感到有些挫敗
He was a rock drummer
他是一個非常出色的鼓手
so he had great power
他的力道非常卓越
and a lot of super fast around the kit rolls,
還有一些速度非常快的花哨打法
two things I struggle with.
這兩點都讓我十分不安
Only saw his hands and feet
我只能看到他的雙手雙腳

they were fast as flying.
他們的速度如此之快，簡直就像在飛翔
I got on,
我上場了
started playing
我開始表演
and someone in the front row kept cheering me on,
坐在前排的某個人一直在爲我加油
yelling compliments .
呼喊着誇讚之詞
I got offstage
我從臺上下來
the guy came up to me,
那個人來到我面前
started giving more compliments,
又開始讚美我
Didn't think much of it
我並沒有想太多
till 10 minutes later
直到10分鐘之後
he says goodbye to me
他對我說再見
and he's carrying a cymbal bag.
我看到他背起了一個鑔片包
It was the same guy I was listening to earlier
原來他就是之前演奏時被我聽到的那個人
and was discouraged by me
原來他也因爲我感到了挫敗
but I never saw his face so I never knew.
我沒有看到他的臉，所以絕沒有想到會是這樣
The lesson is
這件事的教訓是
we tend to undervalue what we do
我們傾向於不相信自己的實力
because we hear ourselves do it all the time
因爲我們總在聽自己演奏的聲音
so to us it ain't good.
所以我們總覺得不夠好
But to someone else,
可是對於別的人來說
it may be something exotic and virtuosic .
或許這樣的表演別有韻味，技藝卓越
Do what you do
做好自己
and the only real competition is yourself."
真正的較量，就是戰勝自己。