Namjoon IG Story (2) 051123

[Translation](https://twitter.com/btslinkita/status/1721140645752922346?t=uH3vKjqiMpclyXqM823uOg&s=19)

>You’re just like everyone else. Especially when you’re told to be mysterious or if you want to gain respect, don’t get too close, or whatever; that’s just part of who you are, and you don’t have to fake it. After experiencing pain, loss, suffering, crying, and resignation, I realized that all the things I used to filter myself through, all the things I used to try to be someone I wasn’t, all the things I used to try to do, all the things I used to be, all the things I used to have, all the things I used to seek, all the things I used to feel, all the things I used to want, all the things I used to say, all the things I used to do – all of it seemed so distant and unnecessary. Discord in relationships, distrust, and dissatisfaction – these are all my feelings, a part of my life. If you want to say something, say it. Bragging? Why not. If no one in the world were like that, what would those words look like and what would they mean? I’m not Hong Gil-dong, but pride, jealousy, greed, anger, etc. are all part of being human and life. Instead of stigmatizing these words, let’s face them fully and accept them, whether it’s me or someone else; it will enrich my life. Just like there is no novel without conflict. Books are great, but you are not a book, you are not someone else, you are not an inanimate statue like David’s. I simply hope that you become yourself.

[Source of comment](https://twitter.com/setiogi/status/1721142080464929242?t=ZPRunfou-YW6vRQvVm1KMA&s=19)

>Namjoon is sharing a YouTube comment under an audiobook [in KOR] “The Art of Worldly Wisdom” by Balthazar Gracián, a Spanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer & philosopher.

>The 300-year old book is on how to live fully, be a better person.