■ The legend of 100 million views on YouTube, lecturer Kim Chang-ok (49) lived a full daily life. He went on stage more than 500 times a year and communicated with people without rest. One day, he was asked, "How long has it been since you felt happy?", "Will you continue to live the way you have lived so far?" Instead of answering, he went down to Jeju Island, his hometown, to find nature. He lives in Jeju with an annual tax of 3 million won in a very old house without a front door. In Jeju, he has hometown friends who are as consistent as the soil, stones, sea, and trees. What gave Kim Chang-ok, who was tired of his fast-paced life like driving on the highway, a friend of 30 years and Jeju Island, which embraces nature, a breath of fresh air. Kim Chang-ok now rides a used motorcycle and drives slowly. He wants to be just "Kim Chang-ok" and not "lecturer Kim Chang-ok," so he puts a comma in Jeju Island and... He heals himself through physical labor in nature and finds true happiness. The insight into life gained through simple movements and the philosophy of nature are seeping into him. Early in the morning in Jeju, Kim Chang-ok, who seems to have just woken up, looks at the wide open yard. Unlike on stage, his appearance is disheveled, but his face looks much lighter. Kim Chang-ok, who left the house, starts the scooter he parked in the yard. He heads to the Jeju beach along the stone wall road. Kim Chang-ok is experiencing Haenam for the first time. He wears a wetsuit that is still too heavy for him to wear alone, puts a lead on his waist, and splashes into the jade-colored sea! Rather than digging for the hidden conches and abalones in the sea, he enjoys the moment when the sea water and his body touch, the moment when he becomes one with nature. The moment when he focuses only on his own breathing is the 'moment when he breathes properly.' Also, Kim Chang-ok naturally follows the line of haenyeo going to the sea. Kim Chang-ok waves and greets the haenyeo going into the sea. He says that all of us who hold our breath in our daily lives are like haenyeo. That's why I like the word 'water welcome', which means looking after, waiting for, and reaching out to someone who is out of breath. To Kim Chang-ok, the sea is a place where I can face myself and breathe... That's how I communicate while focusing on my breathing in nature. The most meaningful time for Kim Chang-ok in Jeju is stacking stones. Kim Chang-ok stacks a stone wall on one side of a wide field. He, who talks nonstop on stage, carries a large stone for hours without saying a word. Why does he carry heavy stones? Kim Chang-ok says he wants to earn money to buy time to carry stones. It's because it's time to meet his father. Now, the son is able to lift the weight that his father, a stonemason, carried. Only then does he realize that the weight of the stone his father carried was heavy. As he stacks stones, he finds the stone wall in its place so that it doesn't collapse. Through the time he stacks stones, Kim Chang-ok also returns to his place. For Kim Chang-ok, physical labor is not just a hard act, but it allows him to encounter the realization and preciousness of one existence, 'me', 'father', or 'that man'. In nature, Kim Chang-ok meets himself again. Although he was born and spent his childhood in Jeju, he has finally developed the ability to see and understand good places. And one week a month! He is meeting his family and friends again in Jeju Island, where he moved his life's center. In nature, his life's value priorities have changed, and he has come to look into his heart. If you ask me if I am happy, I can now answer. 'Be happy, like me! Everyone!' Natural Human Documentary Philosophers of Nature - If you ask if I am happy #Philosophers of Nature #Kim Chang-ok #Jeju Island