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-====== Comparison The Thief Of Joy ====== +As I mentioned in another post, I've rekindled my interest in playing musical instruments.... 
-#### This week I 'ave mostly been playing music+
  
-As I mentioned in an earlier post, I've rekindled my interest in playing musical instruments. I'm learning the Alto recorder and I've got my mandolin down off of its hanger.+===== ===== 
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 +I'm learning the Alto recorder and I've got my mandolin down off of its hanger.
  
 I haven't (yet) exhumed my D/G melodeon from its case, hiding on top of the bookshelf, but that's only a matter of time, surely? I haven't (yet) exhumed my D/G melodeon from its case, hiding on top of the bookshelf, but that's only a matter of time, surely?
  
-I've dipped in and out of playing music all my life and **never** got to the stage where I feel I'm any good at it. This isn't false modesty. I just haven't ever got past the "advanced-beginner-early-intermediate" stage, got to the point where I'm comfortable playing (in public/with an audience etc), to where I make few mistakes, where I can get through a tune if not artistically, then at least competently.+I've dipped in and out of playing music all my life and **never** got to the stage where I feel I'm any good at it.  
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 +This isn't false modesty. I just haven't ever got past the "advanced-beginner-early-intermediate" stage, got to the point where I'm comfortable playing (in public/with an audience etc), to where I make few mistakes, where I can get through a tune if not artistically, then at least competently.
  
 I've tried, over the years: I've tried, over the years:
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 Don't compare yourself to other people, even those that inspire and motivate you. Find the joy in the act, despite what you see around you. Don't compare yourself to other people, even those that inspire and motivate you. Find the joy in the act, despite what you see around you.
  
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