All around us we hear that it's good to do whatever we feel like doing, be whoever we want to. This is how I lived the first part of my life. And I, and everyone around me, suffered because of it. The first time I picked up volume 1, I panicked and put it away. There was purity, love and honor in these words and these were not things I was. When I got the courage to pick the book up again, something woke up in me about why I am here, what Jesus is asking from me like he asked of his disciples, of the people he healed - to follow him, to rely on him. I have gotten to know Jesus because Maria said yes to him. I am grateful to Maria and to Father Peter for recording them. The willingness of each is strength for my own yes. I am most grateful to Jesus for bringing us these words that have healed and saved me from myself and opened me to love.