(Minghui.org) I started practicing Falun Dafa in 1996, and it has benefited me greatly. I follow its principles and look inward when my husband and I argue. I have gradually corrected my condescending attitude towards him.
One day, on his way to deliver food to the shop my son owns, my husband saw a wad of money lying in the road. He got out of the car and picked it up. A man selling rice dumplings saw it, too, and said, “Let’s split it.” My husband didn’t respond. It was 230 yuan in cash, along with a driver’s license, and three cashier’s checks totaling about 1,000 yuan.
When my husband came home and told me about it, I said, “We can’t keep it.”
My husband became unhappy, and said, “I found it on the road. If I hadn’t gotten out of the car quickly, the dumpling seller would have picked it up.”
I said, “There is a name on the driver’s license. Let’s return it to the owner.”
He complained, “You’re always finding fault with me. I found it. If you want to return it, you can do it yourself.”
I responded, “Now that we practice Dafa, we understand the principle of 'no loss, no gain' that Master taught us. We need to put ourselves in the other’s shoes. It would be quite a hassle to lose a driver’s license, cash, and checks. Think about how the owner must be feeling right now. They’re probably losing sleep over it.”
My neighbor came to visit, heard us arguing, and said, “I’m not trying to criticize you, but have you gone crazy from practicing Falun Gong? He found it on the road. If he didn’t pick it up, someone else would have. Stop arguing. You can give it to me if you don’t want it!”
After doing the exercises at the site the next morning, I asked the local coordinator if I could donate the money to a Dafa project. She said, “We don’t accept money or belongings. You should handle it yourself.”
The next day, we still couldn’t reach an agreement. My husband said, “I was originally happy about finding the money. But you’ve been nagging about it for the past two days. You should go and return it.”
I said, “I’m taking care of the baby all day. You found it, so you should be the one to return it.” That made him angry, so I said, “Just take it to the police station tomorrow and let them handle it. If they ask for your name, you can tell them you practice Falun Gong.”
The next day, to my relief, he went to the police station. But when he came back, he said, “The police chief was there. After I explained the situation, he just said to put it on the table. He didn’t look at it or ask me anything.”
A month later, the couple who’d lost the money came to express their gratitude, bringing apples and supplements. They said, “There are no longer good people like you these days.”
I replied, “We can’t accept your gifts. We returned it because we practice Falun Gong. You can thank Master Li.”
I shared with them how I benefited from practicing Falun Dafa and suggested that they learn more about it.
In the end, we kept the apples because the man said he grew them himself and they cost him nothing.
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