Solomon Olalemi

On a Thursday evening precisely on the 6th of April, 2023, within the cosy confines of a singles community, a young lady bravely decided to share a tale of love and heartbreak. With a sincerity and vulnerability that spoke to her grace and poise, she recounted how she had once set her sights on a man who seemed to return her affections- her first lover at an age where she was naive and unsure if she was doing the right thing. In the heady throes of emotional turmoil, she had boldly pursued this object of her desire, unaware that the feeling may not have been mutual. The man, it seemed, was content to play along with her advances, but as their relationship developed, the young lady began to suspect that something was amiss. Perhaps, she mused, he was not interested in her after all, or maybe he was simply not ready for a relationship. Whatever the reason, it became clear that her advances were not being met with the same level of enthusiasm she was investing in the courtship probably be...

Some weeks ago I was sent a book to one of the focused groups I belong to on WhatsApp. This book was written by a great man Mr David Olawade who recently was nominated among the Forbes 30 under 30. This book is a book written to help you appreciate your little beginnings as a person and what you can do to strive better to become a global personality. Mr David Olawade, share some of his life experience on how he rose to become a person of influence and value. As he said, "No one can do what you are called to do better than you. Our generation needs your anointing, expertise, prowess and talent" . So now let's dive deep into the book summary. I seek to drop highlight pointers that I found most intriguing to me from each chapter so you can fully catch a summary from the book. Chapter 1: What have you promised yourself. In this chapter, Mr David mentioned how he promised himself that he would come out the best student in his secondary school and he achieved exactly that.  Bei...

Juxtaposing ostentatious reality with divine ability creates an insufficiency in human capabilities. How much more do we understand creation and the ability to create if we stop the limiting beliefs we have placed on our human frailties? I have often wondered if as god we are like God, why then does creation stop at a crazy wonder level like in Genesis 1?  The account of Genesis 1 where God created the land, grasses, trees, animals, and fishes, and called forth light out of darkness fascinates me. How did God know that light was embedded in darkness and land within the water bodies like seas? While I still find answers to this obvious question. I have lived my life in gratitude for the creative prowess of God. It is easy to think because he is God- a supreme being then he has such abilities. Maybe I should ask you how the Wright brother knew Aeroplance can exist or how Elon Musk know there can ever be a self-driving car like Tesla. If these innovations cannot drive you to a deep se...

  It was Friday 31st of march, 2023 when I decided to binge on Twitter and I saw different funny comments about the first quarter of the year and how stressful and annoying it was. Someone even went as far as saying "He didn't wish to experience this kind of first quarter in his life again". In as much as these comments were funny, they stroke a cord in my heart and this is why I decided to write to you.  While I understand what those who tweeted about the first quarter were saying and where the perspective they were coming from, I must also state emphatically that most times we are the problem of our problem. The only reason why we don't know or it looks oblivious to us is that we are blinded and assumed other things are the problem. If you as a person learn to take a retrospective look into your life, you will discover what the true problem was and the role you play in them. One of the five reasons why the first quarter looks horrible is that you probably set goals ...

Judgement is not too far from us humans and while it is sometimes good, the people we are judging might feel a bit nostalgic about the judgement and it might tend to be unfair to them.  In my country Nigeria, usually, when a thief is caught in the market, he/she is burned alive or stone to death especially if there is no police officer close by to save him from the mob's hands. Are this kind of Judgement fair or humane or they are right and just? Humans are special species because they tend to be egoistic and self-centred. An average human thinks about himself first before thinking about other people. While this is not a bad trait, it can tend to be overly complicated.  What this implies is that we humans tend to see everything from our purview. This then raise a curious question in me- If life was only the colour Yellow; How are we going to see others? I remember reading a book titled- "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus by John Gray". In that book, John Gray talked...