Therapist and author Sheldon Kopp tackles one of life's biggest philosoph ical challenges: How to find personal identity while dealing with our basic aloneness.

Who are we? What is the purpose of life? And how can we find personal identity in life while facing our basic, existential isolation and ultimate death!

In this reassuring, empowering book, Sheldon Kopp, celebrated author of If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him!, directly addresses these perplex- ing and soul-searching philosophical questions. Drawing upon legends, myths, folk tales, his work as a psychotherapist, and personal experience including his life-changing confrontation with death-he presents his inspiring, com- forting answer:

If you feel lost and alone, you can find your way again by living a life that is truly your own. For when you act in concert with your true, deepest self, motivated by whatever "stirs your heart." you will uncover a "higher power" within you and ultimately discover that you are also at one with God. "We are all lost, but we are all unique-only some can play the piano." The path to wholeness and inner peace lies in celebrating your uniqueness and singularity.

SHELDON KOPP, a psychotherapist, thinker, philosopher, and risk-taker, is the author of sixteen bestselling books, including Raise Your Right Hand Against Fear and Rock, Paper, Scissors.