I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us. There is one God looking down on us all.... — Geronimo

I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us. There is one God looking down on us all. We are all the children of one God. The sun, the darkness, the winds are all listening to what we have to say.

Author: Geronimo

Insight: There's something bracing about Geronimo's refusal to accept that his people were disposable. He's not making an abstract theological argument—he's staring down erasure and saying: we matter because we exist. That simple logic still cuts through today's noise. We live in a time when it's easy to feel like excess, like you're taking up space someone else could use better. Social media, productivity culture, the constant measuring of your worth against others—it all whispers that you need to justify your existence through achievement or utility. But Geronimo points to something older and quieter: the mere fact of your being is the point. He's saying you don't need to earn your place. What's unexpectedly powerful here is how he extends this outward—not just to his own people, but to all of us, and even to the natural world. The sun and darkness listen equally. That means the person next to you on the bus, the person who annoyed you at work, the one you've decided doesn't matter—they're all part of the same created order, worthy of the same fundamental regard. It's a counterweight to the modern assumption that value is scarce and competitive. Maybe the real work isn't proving yourself worthy of existence, but learning to see everyone else the same way.