Browsing Beneath The Book’s Cover

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This “revised” post now only contains the Prologue to Steppin’ Out Of The Darkness, “When Good People Become Great.” As time permits, I will begin posting brief excerpts from this introspective, inspirational story about “personal leadership” to inspire you to “face your fears and embrace Change.” Only then will you choose to take the next step necessary to make your “Big Dream” come true.

In the meantime, please feel free to peruse “The Archives” to see how far this humbled beginner has come by faith since January 1, 2007.  As many of you know, I didn’t “choose to write this book.” Over 10 years ago, this thought-provoking, 272 page book chose me.   If I can beat the odds with God’s help and choose to “keep risin’ to my feet after every fall I survived,” you can do the same.  The choice to do so will always be yours alone to make. So choose wisely.

“But by grace still go I.”

The Prologue“Always Expect The Unexpected”

Quick question. Did reading the Prologue to Steppin’ Out Of the Darkness inspire you to sit up in your seat and say “Hmmmm” upon first glance?  Hopefully, what you found has peaked your curiosity about what else you’ll find beneath this book’s cover.

When time permits, post a comment to let me know if you felt inspired you to “finish writing the vision” you prematurely abandoned in the “valley of sun-dried bones” sometime “after the fall” you survived.

Copyright © 2007-2008 by Roderick O. Solomon. All Rights Reserved.

The Root Of Humanity’s Family Tree

Posted by | Posted in Christianity, Cultural Diversity, Humanity's Family Tree, Inspiration, Think About It | Posted on 30-05-2007

When was the last time you read Acts 17:26? Click on this verse to read it for yourself. But be forewarned! Doing so may forever change how you choose to treat the next person you meet on the street where you live or work.

Did your discovery about the root of humanity’s family tree cause the hair on the back of your neck to stand up as you paid closer attention to this particular Scripture? Could you handle the truth or did you throw up like Neo did in the 1999 Warner Brothers’ award-winning movie, “The Matrix,” when given a reality check his mind’s depository wasn’t prepared to receive?

Will you face your deepest fears and embrace the truth about the fruit that fell from the limbs of humanity’s family tree? Will you try to deny what you read by turning a blind eye to the truth that exposed the root of humanity’s family tree?

Will it be impossible for you to believe that the culturally diverse members of the human race as we perceive it today all belong to one big blended, extended family? Now that your eyes have been exposed to what’s bound to create controversy, how differently will you begin to treat our “blood” relatives?

What will it take to end the escalating family feud that still exists between emotionally divided ethnic groups? Can we, as humans ever learn to love our enemies? Whatever you decide to do, remember what “Spoon boy” told Neo. Don’t try to “bend the spoon” with your hands because “there is no spoon.” Instead of always using your hands to get the desired results, try using your mind.

Think about it.

Copyright 2007 by Roderick O. Solomon. All Rights Reserved.