Robert Tudisco, Executive Director of The Edge Foundation (an organization whose mission is to provide specialized coaching for college students with ADHD), is also a practicing attorney, freelance writer and an adult diagnosed with ADHD. He is an avid runner and shares that running helps him cope with his ADHD. Since his diagnosis, Robert has researched and written extensively on the subject of practical coping mechanisms and systems for adults with his ADHD. His most personal and close to the heart writing, however, is a poem entitled The Wonderfulness of Me. I am very excited to be able to share this poem with you.
The Wonderfulness of Me
If you took all of the things that were special about me, you could put them all together and call it AD/HD. No better, no worse, just different that's me. I'm really not crazy, please try and see. Like a talented wizard in a world full of "Muggles," it's no wonder all you see is frustration and struggles.
As I daydream and drift, you think no one's there but nothing could be further from the truth, believe me, I swear. I see your impatience as my mind starts to wander. But, you don't know the depth of the thoughts that I ponder. For creative thinkers, get lost in deep thought, which leads to the illusion that they cannot be taught.
I know trying to reach me can give you the blues, but I wish for just once, you could walk in my shoes. To see things through my eyes, you would be amazed, at the speed and sheer volume my thoughts seem to blaze.
I'm not lazy or stupid, if only you knew, how truly difficult it is to limit myself and think like you do. But, I can see things that you'll never see; it's like second nature, because I am me.
With lightning fast reflexes, I can switch gears. To be firm and inflexible is the worst of my fears. I'm calm in a crisis and know just what to do for I'm in great company, Mozart , Edison and Churchill to name just a few.
So show me some patience, as I'm patient with you. Just a little tolerance, it's long overdue. Please try and understand me, along with my AD/HD. It's a very big part of the wonderfulness of me.
