READING —— To Thine Own Self Be True (NAPSA)—Family is important, says best-selling author Iris Krasnow, but so is oneself. With her children past “the clingy, loveMommyphase,” Krasnowrediscovered herself in middle age. She shares her journey in her latest book. “Too often we look for happiness and definition in our jobs or marriages or relationships,” writes Krasnow in Surrendering to Yourself: You Are Your Own Soul Mate (Miramax Books, $24.95). “But jobs change. Loved ones leave, or die. Friends come and go. The only person who will never leave you, who you can totally trust, who will never let you down, is you. So you better know that person well, and love that person fully. Selves that are true are spiritually indestructible.” Krasnow says surrendering to yourself means living your truth, sifting through layers of false selves like an archeologist on a dig to get to your essence. It means probing for honest answers to questions such as “who am I?” and “who do I want to be?” and then confronting yourself head on, with all your fears and imperfections. Through introducing us to people who have survived such life events as grave illnesses, the sudden deaths of loved ones and betrayal in relationships, Krasnow teaches usall a difficult lesson: develop unshakable soul power now, while you’re strong, so that when your world unravels yourself won’t. The writer feels that many peo- SURRENDERING TO YOURSELF You Are Your OwnSoul Mate IRTS KRASNOW eeCee The most important person in your life is yourself. ple do not discover whotheyreally are until after a tragedy has occurred. The death of a parent, the loss of a longstanding job, a terminalillness, a sudden end toa longtime relationship, all of these things can force you to confront yourself. Surrendering to Yourself shows you how and whyto start this process from a position of strength, before life deals one of its inevitable blows. Krasnow says surrendering to yourself is not a luxury but a necessity, an emotional and spiritual shift available to rich and pooralike. Surrendering to Yourself is available wherever booksare sold.
