This book is a chronicle in prose and in verse of one man's path through a difficult period of ten years: from diagnosis of bipolar disorder to emotional and spiritual health. Hopefully, the reader will gain insight into the long and difficult journey toward Father Al's accepting the calling of the Lord to His service. It is now with great joy that he shares part of that journey with his reader. May these few pages of authentic emotional openness help to validate his conviction that we are all worthy and deserving of love. He hopes also to remove some of the shame and misunderstanding still attached to mental illness.