Great Spirit, Great
Spirit, my Grandfather, all over the earth the faces of living things are all
alike...Look upon these faces of children without number and with children in
their arms, that they may face the winds and walk the good road to the day of
quiet.
Black Elk
(1863-1950) Oglala Sioux Holy Man
And
finally, we of Alcoholics Anonymous believe that the principal of anonymity has
an immense spiritual significance. It reminds us that we are to place
principals before personalities; that we are actually to practice a genuine
humility. This to the end that our great blessings may never spoil us; that we
Twelve
Steps & Twelve Traditions pg. 192
Abandon
yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your
fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and
join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will
surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless
you and keep you--until then.
Big
Book pg. 164