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The Moment True Nature is Revealed

  The Moment True Nature is Revealed A, who was just irritated, sighs and mutters, "I don't even understand my own heart." Human hearts are driven by desires. Maslow's hierarchy of five needs is famous. The most basic need at the bottom is the need for survival. Above that, layers of needs for safety, belonging, esteem, and self-actualization await. Perhaps that's why we can only keep within us the fairy tale life of "and so, X lived happily ever after" that we've longed for since childhood. Our hearts continue to burn energy, fulfilling desires until the highest need is satisfied. Until we achieve our dreams, the highest desire... However, there are moments when our true nature is revealed. It might not take that long. Once the needs for survival and safety are satisfied, true nature begins to show. Before that, we lived suppressing ourselves and pleasing others to survive within the group, but when these two needs are met, we have nothing to lose,

Don't Stay Wet. The Sun Will Dry You

  "Don't Stay Wet. The Sun Will Dry You." Kim Woo-jin, the archery national team member who drew the Korean flag with gold medals, shared these words of advice for younger athletes after winning his final gold medal: "Don't stay wet. The sun will dry you." Kim has been known as an athlete who consistently performed well in international competitions since high school . However, even he had his dark times. After the 2012 London Olympics, he failed to make the national team and ranked 55th out of about 60 athletes in a domestic competition, experiencing a severe slump .  It was likely a time when he worried whether he should continue with the sport. From 2015, he began to overcome his slump, gradually regaining his former skills and striving to become an even better athlete .  Following his gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he once again stood tall as the world's best archer at the 2024 Paris Olympics . Because he had been "wet" before, Beca