The work published on January 5, Juche 78 (1989) deals with the important ideas underscoring the need for all the people to do all work and lead a life in a revolutionary and military manner full of conviction of sure victory and optimism in any adversity.

The work serves as an ideological and theoretical weapon as it makes the revolutionary and militant atmosphere prevail throughout the society and helps augment the mental power of the Korean people as required by the stirring times, the article notes, and goes on:

Kim Jong Il put up such slogan of faith and optimism as "Live not for today but for tomorrow!" and encouraged all the people to learn from the revolutionary and militant cultural life style of the servicepersons of the Korean People's Army. Thanks to his wise leadership, the cultural and emotional life in the Songun era is now in full bloom throughout the society.

The cultural and emotional life style in the Songun era serves as a basis of the life of the army and people in the DPRK as it instills the conviction of sure victory and optimism into them, a source of strength as it helps all the people live as the true human beings having the socialist morality and rich cultural attainments and an important factor of making socialist national culture fully blossom throughout the country.

The Korean people have advanced with redoubled courage and in sky-high spirit, performing uninterrupted miracles and innovations full of confidence of victory and optimism under so difficult conditions in recent years. This has been possible thanks to the wise leadership provided by
Kim Jong Il to make songs of the revolution and the struggle resound in the ranks of the servicepersons and people making the general advance.

All the people have waged a struggle to weather out difficulties and trials, displaying the noble mental and moral traits. This has consolidated the single-minded unity in the DPRK on a new higher level and helped make a breakthrough towards building a great prosperous powerful nation.

When Koreans want to sing, they like to sing songs of the Workers' Party of Korea and socialism in the DPRK and songs full of national emotion and when they wish to dance, they like to dance to the tune of Korean songs and live in a way that caters to the feelings and taste of the nation. This is the Korean people's cultural and emotional life style in the Songun era.