"There are many things to be shared with the four colors of man in our common destiny as one family upon our Mother the Earth."

Traditional Circle of Elders  Northern Cheyenne

We are people who normally would not mix. But there exists among us a fellowship, a friendliness, and an understanding which is indescribably wonderful. We are like the passengers of a great liner the moment after rescue from shipwreck when camaraderie, joyousness and democracy pervade the vessel from steerage to Captain's table. Unlike the feelings of the ship's passengers, however, our joy in escape from disaster does not subside as we go our individual ways. The feeling of having shared in a common peril is one element in the powerful cement which binds us. But that in itself would never have held us together as we are now joined. 

 Big Book pg. 17

Reprinted with permission A.A.W.S.

Creator help me to understand that we are all your children.