flit with perseverance

Today I had a conversation with a friend, and it went something like this:

(my friend):

I'm not proud of myself. I just feel like a failure... like I'm the person that people are always saying 'hey look, he/she has started something again and hasn't finished it...will he/she ever grow up?' and I'm just so frustrated. So many people can identify themselves with somebody or something, what they do, what they like, and I don't have anything to identify myself with, and that makes me sad. But there are just so many things that I want to do. And so when one doesn't happen immediately, i go onto the next, all the while feeling like a failure at the one I didn't finish"

My friend might as well have been myself. We are very much alike, and he/she has put into words my sentiments exactly. People like my friend and myself have lots of ideas, and Im sure there are more of us. More of us people who genuinely want to do so many different things because there is beauty in all of them. When did this get so looked down upon? When did we need to start identifying ourself with one thing? I don't mean to say that if you have found something that you love and do well, that that's bad! It's just that not everyone can, and those of us that seem to "flit" from one thing to the next are just doing so because we get excited so easily.

I will say, though, that I recognize it's dangers; the dangers of "flitting". My dad said once that passion is overrated. Being the passionate person I am, I was infuriated to say the least. But as he continued to talk, I started to listen... Passion is a great motivator and starter, but it is perseverance that carries it through. This applies to anything in life, and especially to us "flitters." We all have something to learn, whether we're the stablest or the most free-spirited.

So to encourage the flitters, flit with perseverance. I believe we may make life a little chaotic and hard to manage at times, but we also add to life. We can show people how to create and live a little differently, and in turn we can learn how to be perseverant and stick things out from the others.

It's all about balance. always.