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Preparing to look deeply at yourself, your life and how you want your life to be is a moment of truth. Although it can be done gently, it can never be taken too lightly. After all, this is your life and it should be lived to its fullest.

Perhaps the biggest commitment we can make while pursu- ing all the things we want and need, is the promise to take care of ourselves first. Only then can we truly be there for the many others that depend on us. To fail at self-preservation leaves our minds and bodies stressed, exhausted and inca- pable of sustaining a meaningful existence.

It is essential that your overall health is good and that your relationships are intact so you are really free to focus on you. This book will help you take a look at your relation- ship to yourself and to others in your life. It’s too easy to gloss over the basic premise and just assume you’ll some- how get to taking care of “you” later. But often that extra time never comes. When you do nothing, nothing happens. To expect otherwise is to live in a fantasy world, where you may end up with many disappointments and failed longings. Yet, that doesn’t need to happen. And it won’t as you focus, even a little, on making time for yourself first. The practice of really taking care of YOU; of identifying what your needs are and scheduling this time in first, can become a new way of living life.

Are you the type that fills your calendar up with all the things you need to do, and if there’s an hour left over by Sun- day you treat yourself to something special: a movie, golf game or a late night bath? Or, rather than enjoying a simple pleas- ure does even that time get used up with scheduling the week ahead? Face it, laundry, dishes and errands are inevitable and endless. What will it take for you to slow down or to make quality time to tune into your needs? Are you waiting for something to happen to you or a loved one that will finally get you to stop “the runaway train?” You can plan better than that, and I’ll show you how.

My mother and the parents of two of my closest friends, all had triple bypass surgery last year. Luckily, modern surgery could put them back together. However, we can’t let this become the norm. How we take care of ourselves on a daily basis will determine the quality of our health, our well-being and our lives.