if at first you don't succeed

you get discouraged
then you stop and give up and try not to cry
then you eat something fattening
then you look at what other people have been able to do
then you decide you aren't going to try again
then you realize that you really want to learn
then you eat some chocolate
then you sleep on it
then you avoid looking at other people's results
then you decide that people aren't lying when they say practice makes perfect
then you try again

and then, after much practice and time, you will succeed.  the key is sticking with it. and making sure you have plenty of chocolate on hand :)