Name:	Robert J LeBlanc
Gender:	Male
About Me:	I am creative and happy. I am spiritual and private. I am hopeful, driven, and pleasantly lost. I am my closest friend and worst enemy. I was born with a fantastic gift. I like to think of it as the world’s strangest superpower. Like all classic comic superpowers it gives me unique abilities, but comes with a price. It’s almost like a cosmic balancing act. I’m learning to manage the negative aspects of this gift while exploiting the positive. It’s been a long road and will take a lifetime of practice, but I have to say that I’ve loved the adventure. It’s the adventure that keeps me going. At the age of nine I had a reading and comprehension level of a freshman in college. At the age of thirty three I still struggle at basic math. Not because I can’t solve the problems mind you. If I slow down and take a primer on the concepts, I’ve found that I am quite good at mathematics. It’s because I had trouble understanding it in elementary school. I couldn’t stay focused on the teacher. Like so many others here, I was labeled as lazy; unwilling to sit still and focus. I didn’t discover my special gift until I was 31. The diagnosis of ADHD was 90% of my treatment. Prior to the testing I knew something was wrong, even though I couldn’t prove it. I wondered why I couldn’t stay focused at work when I could direct my attention with pinpoint accuracy while participating in my many hobbies at home. After the unknown had been given a name I felt as if a mountain had been lifted from my back. There is a power in knowing that it’s not your fault. Through the years since I have treated my attention management issue with calm analytical introspection. I have started yoga and meditation, not to release any stress, but to help me in quieting my ever-running mind. I have begun taking medication, what I refer to as my mental reading glasses. In the two years since I began learning how to manage the negatives I have turned my life around completely. My treatment has given me the opportunity to see myself for who I think I really am. What I’ve found is that true introspection is like looking into a mirror under harsh fluorescence. You see yourself without the mask normally worn; with all of the beauty, flaws and blemishes hidden under the carefully crafted exterior. What I have found in myself is that I am a paradox. I am tough, stoic, and gentle. I cry at the miracle of true beauty. I take care of others, but tend to take little care of myself. I can get cocky to the point of arrogance yet still need to hear praise. I am driven, yet inherently idle. I love the forest and live in a city. I am many things, yet with all of my flaws and strengths, dreams and fears, at the end of it all I am only human.

Street Address:	22 Ashland St
City:	Newburyport
State/Province:	MA
Country:	01950
Phone Number:	978-809-0732