14.1 What is "Understanding Culture"?
In nurturing our hearts, it is important we understand that culture significantly influences one's personality. Why should we understand culture? It is so we can better understand the factors influencing the nature of ourselves and others. There are two basics of a person's nature: A person possesses both good and bad characteristics; these two elements of character can never be equal. These basics are exempted to newborn babies as they are comparable to blank sheets. Thus, the vital driving force in influencing one's character is the culture surrounding the person. A personal ideology understanding is that the culture is comprised of current practices of certain beliefs and regulations in a specific region's society. Different regions differ to another in the perspective of culture.
