It's a beautiful day out and I just got in from playing my guitar/harmonica and singing some songs on the deck. I really enjoy doing that.
I started playing my guitar in grade 10. It went really slowly. I would start and quit every few years . Often I would become very discouraged and give it up for three or four years at a time. I'd hit a plateau that was beneath my expectations and I would just quit. I've never risen above that level , that level of talent isn't there.
But I became inspired by , of all things, hockey analogies. Harry Neale once said something along the lines of " Bill Berg has had a nice career because he doen't try to play like Gretzky , he plays like Bill Berg." Or as Don Cherry so nicely put it the other day . " Crushers who try to be rushers , soon become ushers".
If you're really talented in sports , music , arts or academics it will become obvious in a short time. Go for it ! (If there is absolutley nothing there this will also show). But for most of us in the middle , find where your at , do your best and enjoy it. Get in the game.
I started playing my guitar in grade 10. It went really slowly. I would start and quit every few years . Often I would become very discouraged and give it up for three or four years at a time. I'd hit a plateau that was beneath my expectations and I would just quit. I've never risen above that level , that level of talent isn't there.
But I became inspired by , of all things, hockey analogies. Harry Neale once said something along the lines of " Bill Berg has had a nice career because he doen't try to play like Gretzky , he plays like Bill Berg." Or as Don Cherry so nicely put it the other day . " Crushers who try to be rushers , soon become ushers".
If you're really talented in sports , music , arts or academics it will become obvious in a short time. Go for it ! (If there is absolutley nothing there this will also show). But for most of us in the middle , find where your at , do your best and enjoy it. Get in the game.
Comments