Prologue Death has a very ordinary face

Part 1: One day, death came suddenly.

Such a vivid nightmare
One sunny morning, half of my head disappeared.
I will escape from the intensive care unit.
The missing skulls and words form tears
“The probability of developing a language disorder is over 95%.”
I am a proud aphasic!

Part 2: Happy Cheese Smile Even When It's Scary and Hard

Courage is not something you get, it's something you give.
Channel name: 'Ujaka', diving into the rough jungle that is YouTube.
Sometimes the power of positivity alone wasn't enough.
Learn the courage to be hated
After bitter comments, a precious relationship comes.
Even if you have aphasia or epilepsy, life is precious.
Handwriting is crooked, head is dizzy
The quiet whisper of disability
Heartbreaking moments captured in a notebook

Part 3: Our family, like winning the lottery under one roof

To Seungmok, my only husband and 'my side'
“I love you even if you don’t recognize me, Eunbin.”
Introducing my dad
Still, here, there is a mother and daughter living.

Part 4: We invite you to the festival of life.

From a crumpled person to a shining person again
Can someone like me change the world?
Support and love come in letters
Because I want to love this life fiercely

Part 5: Singing a song of hope that comes down like starlight

Lovely grandmothers in the rehabilitation ward
So that I can do my best at what I do best!
Moving forward into the world at my own pace
What if I lost my sense of smell but gained health?
There is no heart in the world that deserves to be hurt.
If this scar can remain with love
Woo Eun-bin's imagination becomes reality.
A wonderful day I found in my diary

Epilogue: The second act of life begins loudly and happily!
Dad's Letter | Mom's Letter | Brother's Letter

“One sunny morning, half my head disappeared.”
One day, death, an uninvited guest, came to me unexpectedly.
For all those moments when I endured fear and pain with my whole body.

January 27, 2024, was a very sunny day that changed the life of Woo Eun-bin, aka Woojaka, a star instructor for flight attendant trainees.
The author, who had set out to give a lecture, woke up in the intensive care unit instead of the lecture room.
He hit his head hard on a sidewalk block and underwent four emergency surgeries, but nothing could prevent 95% of his left brain from being damaged.
The author, who had survived several near-death experiences, miraculously opened his eyes after a week.
Before I could even feel relieved that I was alive, I had to face the 'unfamiliar Woo Eun-bin' in the mirror, with one side of my head crushed and unable to speak properly.
Death asked the author who had lost his smile.
How should I live from now on, how should I accept this pain, and how can I still smile until the end?

On days when he felt like giving up, the people he cherished and their love lifted him up again and again.
Many people, including family and friends, as well as YouTube subscribers who heard the news of the author's accident, offered support online.
The SBS News interview video received a lot of attention, recording 2.84 million views and receiving about 5,000 encouraging comments.
In the face of that support and love, the author suddenly came to a realization.
The rest of my life was too splendid to just sit there and cry, to just give up.
Walking along that splendor, the author shared courage and love with countless people.
In order not to forget this fireworks of hope created by death, and to continue this festival-like life for a long time, I wrote "The Loudest Happiness."


“To my dear death, the most dazzling smile in the world.”
The 365 days immediately following the accident are all the more precious because they're not perfect.
The real reason I couldn't help but smile even though my head was banged up and I couldn't speak.

Death, which came suddenly one day, paradoxically showed the author why life cannot help but shine.
"The Loudest Happiness" is the author's fierce and loud answer to the question of death.
From a career mentor who received the respect and support of all flight attendant trainees to a patient with anomalous aphasia, diagnosed with a language and cognitive impairment.
The author writes candidly about the changes in his body, mind, and life that he experienced immediately after the accident.
It calmly and cheerfully unfolds the difficult recovery process of about a year, the courage to overcome obstacles, discrimination, and criticism, and the small moments of happiness that bloomed at the end of despair.
Instead of using fancy and organized expressions, the most honest sentences tell a vivid story.

She is not ashamed of her inability to remember even simple words like shoes or dolls, and she does not hide the hurt she feels from the cold reactions of those who see her missing half of her head.
Rather, through the process of facing that pain with confidence and accepting it as a part of myself, I move forward as a more shining being.
Everyone has their own imperfections.
Life is beautiful even if it's not perfect.
The reason I don't feel intimidated by my crooked head, my awkward speech, and the occasional gaps in conversation is because I've learned to love even those aspects of myself.

Contrary to the doctor's opinion that he might never be able to speak properly, the author performed a miracle by standing in front of the public just six months after the accident.
I was able to write again.
I was able to connect with people once again through my favorite words and writing.
Although not everyone was happy with him, many people held his hand affectionately.
The author confesses that he could not help but smile as he held the hand that led him to a brighter place where the shadows of death and suffering did not fall.

“The rest of my life was too brilliant to just sit there and cry.”
Happiness begins only when people connect with people, and love with love.
Uzaka's positive smile that overcomes any despair with cheerfulness

What is important in life is different for each person.
For some, great wealth and a good job may be the goal of life, while for others, success and fame may be the goal of life.
It may seem natural to give up freedom, rest, and time with loved ones to achieve your goals.
The author, too, naturally gave up such things as he went on to become a flight attendant, banker, writer, lecturer, and businessman.
But what raised the author from the brink of death was not money or fame, but the love and warmth created by people.

However, the author does not deny the idea of ​​living each day toward a goal.
But the important thing is not to lose yourself in the midst of that intensity.
In "The Loudest Happiness," the author says that it is important to constantly reflect on and record why I want to achieve this goal, what I ultimately want to gain through this goal, and above all, whether I can truly become happy through this process.
When we live busy lives, we naturally only look ahead and cannot look around, and as a result, we become crushed by the weight of life that we must bear alone and forget about true happiness.
The author's life, which began anew just when he thought everything had fallen apart, brings the most dazzling and new happiness to us, the lonely and weary.

Through the shining life that even death cannot break, the courage to willingly embrace that life in the face of any wound, and the miracle that is created the moment people connect with people and love with love, I hope that, as the recommendation says, "life and hope like cherry blossoms on a spring day can sprout from this book."