Played a festival over the weekend.
周末我去為一個(gè)音樂(lè)節(jié)表演

Listened to the drummer from the band
我聽(tīng)到一個(gè)樂(lè)隊(duì)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(tái)的側(cè)面上場(chǎng)

and I got a bit discouraged.
我感到有些挫敗

He was a rock drummer
他是一個(gè)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?？斓幕ㄉ诖蚍?/div>

two things I struggle with.
這兩點(diǎn)都讓我十分不安

Only saw his hands and feet
我只能看到他的雙手雙腳
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they were fast as flying.
他們的速度如此之快，簡(jiǎn)直就像在飛翔

I got on,
我上場(chǎng)了

started playing
我開(kāi)始表演

and someone in the front row kept cheering me on,
坐在前排的某個(gè)人一直在為我加油

yelling compliments .
呼喊著夸贊之詞

I got offstage
我從臺(tái)上下來(lái)

the guy came up to me,
那個(gè)人來(lái)到我面前

started giving more compliments,
又開(kāi)始贊美我

Didn't think much of it
我并沒(méi)有想太多

till 10 minutes later
直到10分鐘之后

he says goodbye to me
他對(duì)我說(shuō)再見(jiàn)

and he's carrying a cymbal bag.
我看到他背起了一個(gè)镲片包

It was the same guy I was listening to earlier
原來(lái)他就是之前演奏時(shí)被我聽(tīng)到的那個(gè)人

and was discouraged by me
原來(lái)他也因?yàn)槲腋械搅舜鞌?/div>

but I never saw his face so I never knew.
我沒(méi)有看到他的臉，所以絕沒(méi)有想到會(huì)是這樣

The lesson is
這件事的教訓(xùn)是

we tend to undervalue what we do
我們傾向于不相信自己的實(shí)力

because we hear ourselves do it all the time
因?yàn)槲覀兛傇诼?tīng)自己演奏的聲音

so to us it ain't good.
所以我們總覺(jué)得不夠好

But to someone else,
可是對(duì)于別的人來(lái)說(shuō)

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(zhàn)勝自己。