A labor of love…a book of inspiration…words of encouragement…all these phrases describe “Steppin’ Out Of The Darkness,” a book by Roderick O. Solomon, otherwise known as Manchild to us in the blogosphere.

I “met” Manchild through his site, When Least Expected, last October. Stumbling across this site came at a point in my life when inspiration was needed. But his book has sealed my belief that there is a reason that I found his site, and so I am passing that blessing on to all of you.

“Steppin’ Out Of The Darkness,” in Manchild’s words:

“…contains a message meant to inspire good people who are destined to become great to unearth the forgotten dreams buried beneath the abandoned visions still littering a cluttered valley filled with sun-dried bones.”

While reading this book, I was encouraged by the imagery and motivation that was ingrained in me to “step my game up,” so to speak. It is within the pages of this book that I discovered that it is my choice to live by faith, or to continue to try to control how my life turns out. When faced with Adversity, Failure, and Rejection (and Lord knows that I have had my share of these over the past year), what do you do? You can either lay down and accept things as they are, or you can get up and keep pressing forward. Staying in the arena of being okay with living your life below the level that you know you are capable of living it is not okay. Settling for less than better is not what God has planned for you.

It is with the utmost respect and love that I recommend this book. It has opened my eyes to what I can become…to what I already am. Realizing that your dreams can become reality just by working hard and having faith is empowering and freeing. I thank Manchild for delivering this gift to the masses.

You can purchase “Steppin’ Out Of The Darkness” by visiting Manchild’s site…you can also read the prologue to the book by clicking here.