from uuaa.org

Some beliefs are like walled gardens. They encourage exclusiveness, and the
feeling of being especially privileged.

Other beliefs are expansive and lead the way into wider and deeper sympa-
thies.

Some beliefs are like shadows, clouding children’s days with fears of unknown
calamities.

Other beliefs are like sunshine, blessing children with the warmth of happiness.
Some beliefs are divisive, separating the saved from the unsaved, friends from
enemies.

Other beliefs are bonds in a world community, where sincere differences beau-
tify the pattern

Some beliefs are like blinders, shutting off the power to choose one’s own di-
rection.

Other beliefs are like gateways opening wide vistas for exploration.

Some beliefs weaken a person’s selfhood. They blight the growth of resource-
fulness.

Other beliefs nurture self-confidence and enrich the feeling of personal worth.

Some beliefs are rigid, like the body of death, impotent in a changing world
.
Other beliefs are pliable, like the young sapling, ever growing with the upward
thrust of life.

–Sophia Lyon Fahs