This is an excerpt from another book that I adore...the 7 habits of highly effective people. It evaluates the 4 dimensions of human nature (body, mind, heart and spirit) and the two approaches we can take to all 4. Cultural Tendency vs Principal...
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Body:
cultural tendency> maintain lifestyle: treat health problem with surgery and medication.
principal> prevent diseases and problems by aligning lifestyle to be in harmony with established, universal accepted principles of health

Mind:
cultural tendency>watch television - entertain me!!!
principal>read broadly and deeply; continuous education

Heart:
cultural tendency>use relationships with others to forward your personal interests.
principal>deep, respectful, listening and serving brings greatest fulfillment and joy.

Spirit:
cultural tendency>succumb to growing secularism and cynicism
principal>recognize that the source of our basic need for meaning and the positive things we seek in life is 'principals'.

I hope you can use these to help you evalutate why and how you react to people and situations!
Happy Weekend Divas!