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Greetings, Master! Greetings, fellow practitioners!
I work as a nurse in Chungnam National University Hospital in Daejeon. I began practicing Falun Dafa in 1999. In early days, I endured a tough family life because my husband had a negative attitude toward my practice. But I treated it as part of my cultivation path and was able to go through all difficulties with righteous thoughts.
During the early days when I started the practice, I managed to participate in nearly every activity. I tried to raise awareness of Falun Dafa no matter where I was. As a result, I came home very late, and there was no exception during even on weekends or holidays. My husband lost his temper and demanded that I give up cultivation.
I determinedly said, “I could give up everything in the world except the Fa! “ He had nothing to say.
After I understood the Fa more deeply, I became more patient with my husband, and he gradually changed. When I became aware of human notions of “I cannot stand it” and “I'm so tired,” Master helped to change my family environment completely and let my husband to also obtain the Fa.
We were very excited to find out that Shen Yun would come to Daejeon for the first time. But I was very fearful when I began to promote Shen Yun.
One time some veteran practitioners said, “To have a successful Shen Yun show, everybody should have righteous thoughts!” I was deeply shocked. I thought that it was important to gain confidence to promote Shen Yun.
Master told us to target the mainstream society, and we should follow this guidance unconditionally and achieve this goal through actual action.
About six months before the show, three practitioners and another person in the hospital decided to publish Shen Yun introduction and audience feedback in the hospital newspaper. We encouraged those employees who had watched Shen Yun before to write down their feedback for us.
Later I decided to use my lunch break to promote Shen Yun inside the hospital. One day I saw that the door of the microscope room was open, and I planned to play the Shen Yun promotion video for the female colleague inside. To my surprise, however, I met a different person--my professor. At first I was very nervous. But I mustered up my courage to play the introduction video and he was very interested and bought two tickets. He told me he had already watched the same video a few days ago. Then I understood that a fellow practitioner must have paved the path in advance so that this time he would buy tickets.
Master said in “Be More Diligent”:
“There’s also the matter of Shen Yun ticket sales. I have said that we are now to focus on higher-end society, and only by making ourselves part of the cultural mainstream can we unlock society at large, have a greater impact, have more people attend, and have more sentient beings come to be saved.”
Another time, I met the section head of radiation and gave him a brief introduction on the way to my lab. He told me that he had already seen a poster and bought two tickets. I was filled with joy. However, this person ended up not going to the show because his nephew had a high fever that day. The old forces took advantage of my attachment of joy.
A female colleague, who had refused to go to the show several years ago, suddenly asked me to show her the seat chart and booked six tickets. She also booked several more tickets afterward.
Later I found out the reason for her big change. Shortly before I spoke to her, another practitioner brought in her daughter to this lady's office for a health checkup. During the visit, the practitioner took the opportunity to introduce Shen Yun. Nothing is accidental.
Once I saw a female colleague in the cafeteria wearing a scarf around her neck in hot summer weather. I found a seat near her and asked her what happened. She explained that her neck felt too cold. After we got acquainted, I took the opportunity to play her the Shen Yun promotion video. A new professor happened to sit nearby and said that she wanted to watch the show. I sold many tickets on the spot.
Sometimes my attachments were aroused when some customers wanted to return tickets for a refund. But I could adjust myself and calm down with righteous thoughts.
Master said in “Be More Diligent”:
“There is something you need to be clear on. When I want something done, it’s absolutely not something for you to then debate the feasibility of. If I say to go about it a certain way, then you should only concern yourself with doing it. That’s because once I decide something, it is not just a simple matter of uttering a few words, nor is the approach I choose in any way simple. I need to adjust many things, and even divine beings are following my lead.”
“Master told you to focus your efforts on higher-end society, yet you keep going out to places that aren’t higher-end. So naturally, things won’t work out. And of course, that means you are not truly cooperating. If Master asks you to work on higher-end society, just do it with righteous thoughts, and you will definitely succeed.”
After I visited a hospital director, he sent his secretary to get more than 10 flyers and take a poll among key personnel about who wanted to watch the show. A few days later, however, the director said that he would not attend the show, with the excuse of being busy. Some of his colleagues disagreed with some of the programs related to Falun Dafa. Although I clarified the facts to him again in more detail, he did not come to the show.
If I had clarified the facts about Falun Dafa to these top managers earlier, this would not have happened. I will try my best to do better in the future.
I was greatly touched by our local Shen Yun promotion coordinator because he always said, “Sounds great. Let's give it a try.” He gave us encouragement, helped us to remove the attachment of fear and made us form one solid body.
Thank you, Master! Thank you, fellow practitioners! Please kindly point out anything inappropriate.
