(Minghui.org) I’m 77 years old and have been practicing Falun Dafa for over 20 years. As I gradually improved myself in cultivation, my ailments have disappeared and I’m less selfish. Below are some of my experiences.
A 90-year-old woman lived upstairs from me. I often helped her buy groceries and run errands. She and her son were very grateful. I know, as a practitioner, this is what I needed to do.
There are 10 families that use the hallway outside my apartment. I took care of the cleaning at first, from the first floor all the way to the fifth floor. The building management then noticed and took over. In winter, no one shoveled the snow, so I did it for over 20 years. If I had not learned Falun Dafa, I wouldn’t have done it. Thank you, Master Li, for teaching me to think of others.
An elderly couple lived downstairs. They had a bad reputation, and most people avoided them. But I didn’t. I followed Master’s requirement, treating everyone kindly, as a Dafa practitioner should. I helped them if I could. Although we were similar in age, they envied my good health. I helped them when I saw them taking their bicycles in and out of the basement. I also helped them buy groceries when I shopped. To me, it was nothing. But the husband said from his heart, “You are truly a good person.” I told him it’s Falun Dafa that is good. I was just following Master’s direction.
Their son worked at the 610 Office. I told him about Dafa and asked him not to take part in persecuting Dafa practitioners. I also mentioned that Falun Dafa is the Buddha law and persecuting these good people is a sin. I asked him to protect practitioners within his abilities, as it would be the same as protecting himself.
He agreed and advised me to watch out whenever the authorities were about to take action. He has indeed protected practitioners.
I lived with my youngest son and his family. Some frictions unavoidably occurred between me and my daughter-in-law. I regretted every time we quarreled. I then learned to control myself when conflicts arose. I felt that I should cherish that she had become part of my family and was helping me improve my xinxing.
I knew I had to get rid of my attachment to resentment and consider things from her perspective. She worked hard every day and was away from her hometown. Thinking from her point of view, I was no longer troubled by trifle matters and stop blaming her for being immature. I cooked breakfast and prepared lunchboxes for her for 10 years and never complained.
My daughter-in-law witnessed the wonders of Dafa through me. She told her colleagues that Falun Dafa was good and would correct people who said negative things about Dafa. She told people her mother-in-law was a Dafa practitioner who became a good person. She let them know how I helped the neighbors and that I had a healthy body and a good temper and was very diligent and capable.
I raised three grandsons. They all know Falun Dafa is good and often offer fruit and dumplings to Master and bow to his portrait. The youngest grandson recites “Falun Dafa is good” before tests and always gets good grades. The eldest grandson often reminds me to ask Master for help when I run into tribulations in my cultivation.
I went to a newly opened supermarket to buy some groceries. When I got home, I suddenly remembered that I had not paid. I counted the money on me and, indeed, I had failed to pay. I turned the bike around and hurried back. When the manager asked why I’d returned, I said I had forgotten to pay for my purchases. She said it was truly nice of me, as few people would do that nowadays.
I told her I practiced Falun Dafa and that Master Li asks us to always think of others. I explained in detail about the persecution and the propaganda slandering Dafa. She was sympathetic and quit the Chinese Communist Party’s Youth League and Young Pioneers.
There are many more examples, but I’ve never felt I was remarkable. I just did what a practitioner should do. It’s the greatness of Dafa that let me put others first, be it to help out neighbors, friends, family, or strangers. Letting them see the wonder of Dafa through me and be saved is my heartfelt wish.