At the Keiko Koma Skyrocket Center in Omotesando, Tokyo, I look forward to greeting the “Koma” calligraphy signboard standing in the basement. There, I meet the first king of Koguryo, King Tomei, on Mt. Gojo, the birthplace of the kingdom. Surprised today that I could not see him right away as I first perceived the cloudiness of my heart, I immediately cleared myself inside. I learned that remaining in the past made the perception of the present unclear, closing the way to the future. When I concentrated on living in the present, a wind of early spring began to blow, one that was blowing in the first castle city built on flatland by King Tomei. At the beginning of March one year, when snow remained, I set foot in the land for the first time. I encountered young Jumong (later King Tomei). As people were threatening his life, there was no choice but to part from his mother and leave his homeland to build a new nation on his own. When I realized that Jumong could only move forward paving the way for the future, without ever looking back over the past, I recognized that to live in the present means to face up to reality to create a path for survival. I realized that going back to the past is living in an illusional world, heading towards death. Feeling the terror of living in such a state, I understood how I should live from now on. I perceived that sharing the depth of sorrow that Jumong had experienced would become the beginning of new nation-building. I instantly remembered the message I heard when sorrow filled me, tearing me apart, when Lebanon was attacked by the Israeli military forces; the message conveyed that those who understand profound sadness have things to do. I recognized that building a nation is so significant that it could change one’s whole living world. Strongly feeling that such a nation should not have been ruined, I became motivated to keep working to overcome the crisis in Japan to leave the country behind to our descendants. Feeling that living that way is indeed a human way of life, I will live and work for future generations. I was thankful for feeling the beautiful, refreshing wind of early spring that never ceased to blow. Thank you very much.