So I have this habit of just falling flat anytime I have the opportunity to do anything in front of a group. For example, I love playing the violin. I am not especially good at it but have a great love and passion for it all the same. I practice and work on it and try to always do my best but my doubts in my own ability often overtake me in the moment of truth…the performance and I falter. I usually beat myself up about it thinking if I had tried harder or worked more it would have been different.
I had an amazingly different experience this past weekend. Did I fall flat? YES…terribly but afterwards I felt a feeling of gratitude for the opportunity to try. I think with continual embarrassment on my part I will improve my performance skills, but until then I am grateful to be able to play at all.
Keep reaching…
"Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing."
-Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
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