(Minghui.org) My wife, Ms. Juan, is in her 50s. She grew up in the countryside and was the second eldest of several daughters.
With only sisters and no brothers, and with her elder sister being weak, she took charge of the entire family. Everyone had to listen to her. After we got married, I was under her thumb, too. She would slap me if she was the least bit displeased. It was not a pretty situation. Reasoning with her was totally impossible.
Everything changed when she began to practice Falun Dafa. She stopped hitting and verbally abusing people, and I no longer lived in fear of her.
I am embarrassed to say that, when she was changing for the better, I had an affair. She studied the Falun Dafa books with fellow practitioners every day, and it took some time before she found out about my philandering. I was expecting a storm of abuse, but it didn't happen.
She calmly and softly reasoned with me. She said that the relationship between a husband and wife is predetermined and there is a matter of debt and favor involved. Spoiling this relationship is being irresponsible to oneself, and the impact may affect one's future generations as well.
I was surprised by her ability to reason with me. She had no schooling, but her words made me feel ashamed. The principles she explained could not be learned from books. It was the Falun Dafa principles that had changed her into someone that could reason very well.
I corrected my behavior. I learned to cook, so that I could prepare meals for her when she went out to tell people the facts about Falun Dafa and the persecution.
Although I am not a practitioner, I want to be a supporter of Falun Dafa to show how grateful I am that it changed my wife into a good person.
