(Minghui.org) The following sharing is about a former colleague of mine, whose life greatly improved after practicing Falun Dafa.
Turning Point in the Life of a Disabled Person
Amy (alias), a 20-year-old with a severely curved spine, was offered a job in my company. She was very nice, but given her physical condition, was rather reserved and sullen.
She's had an accident when she was a child, which damaged her spine. Her back has been bowed ever since. Due to her physical condition, she was not able to sit or stand for a long period of time. However, she had to tolerate the pain to make a living.
Amy was introduced to Falun Dafa in 1995 while working in our company. She saw how much people had benefited from the practice and how it improved their health, so she decided to learn it.
Her health improved significantly not long after she took up the practice. She no longer struggled through the working day, and her reserved and sullen attitude disappeared. She became cheerful and began to live a normal life.
She soon married and went to live in the countryside where she worked in the field to make a living.
The farm work was hard for her, and she also had to cook and clean after a long day's work. Her husband's parents, who lived with them, always looked down on her. They would verbally abuse her any time they were unhappy.
As a Falun Dafa practitioner, Amy never complained and was always kind. As a result, her husband's parents eventually changed their attitude towards her, and acknowledged that Falun Dafa is good. Her husband even supported her in the practice.
Life Becomes Barren after Giving Up Cultivation
When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began the persecution of Falun Dafa in 1999, Amy and her husband became very scared of the authorities. She burned her Dafa books and gave up cultivation.
Things started to become very difficult for her after that. Her husband got a job as a journalist, and was rarely at home. When he was there, he was often in a bad mood and frequently lost his temper.
He would not allow her to have any money, and he even spent what she earned working in the field all day. He also started seeing other women.
Amy had to pick up odd jobs to support the family. After a number of years struggling to make ends meet, her physical condition worsened and she was unable to work at all.
Doctors at the hospital told her that her back problems were becoming so severe that they only gave her two more years to live.
Her husband asked for a divorce after hearing the news. She was in such despair that she tried to commit suicide several times.
She called me and cried her heart out. I comforted her, and suggested that she start to practice Falun Dafa again.
Life Turns Around Again
Amy came to visit me. We read Zhuan Falun, the main book of Falun Dafa,and watched Master Li's lectures on video (Master Li is the founder of Falun Dafa). She had tears in her eyes the entire time. She was so grateful to be practicing again, and felt that she had a new lease on life.
She immediately went home to talk to her husband. “I don't want a divorce,” she said. “I didn't do well before, but I will do from now on. I don't blame you nor do I hate you. I will take good care of you.”
Her husband was moved by her words, and had a change of heart. He had never let her have any contact with me before, but now he offered to drive her to my home anytime she wanted to read Zhuan Falun, and do the meditation exercises.
Amy's situation improved dramatically within three days of her practicing again, and her husband's behavior also improved. As she continued practicing, her situation kept improving.
Her husband started to give her a living allowance and helped with the housework. He even offered to buy her a computer so that she could visit Minghui.org. More importantly, he no longer went around with other women.
As he saw the tremendous benefits of Falun Dafa first hand, Amy's husband began telling people about Dafa and the persecution, and asked them to quit the CCP.
The journalists around him came to know the truth about the practice, and that the persecution was wrong. He also helped them to quit the CCP.
Blessed by Dafa
Amy's in-laws became bedridden in 2010. Her husband's siblings were unwilling to take care of them, so she took on the responsibility.
Sometimes they would lose their temper with her, but she didn't complain and treated them kindly.
She played Master Li's video lectures for them every day, and their health improved. Amy's husband was often away on business trips, and was always amazed that she looked after them so well.
With all of her difficulties, Amy was still able to be good to everyone around her. Her husband often said to people, “Everything goes smoothly in my family. We are truly blessed by Falun Dafa.”
