I have ADD. This inevitably creates both comedic and frustrating situations for the people I’m in community with (I truly pity my wife). Yet, it’s also the same reality which frees my particular gifts to shine. My mind is always going, so I end up visualizing unusual ways to connect with the world around me. Thus, while I need to make an effort to have empathy on others who so not live in my conceptual world, demanding that I try not to be who I really am is spiritually destructive. I’m very grateful to Central Baptist and ABCNJ regional staff – they’ve afforded me room to go off into what my parents used to call “Wes World,” trusting that I’ll come out eventually – more ready to be present for others.