(Minghui.org) I began to practice Falun Dafa in the spring of 1997. Dafa purified my body and freed me from disease. More importantly, I became a person who always puts others first.
My mother-in-law is stubborn. She is uncompromising and insists on having the final say. She didn’t get along well with her three daughters-in-law, including me. I hardly ever visited her before I practiced Falun Dafa.
A few years ago, my husband’s younger brother’s family lived with my mother-in-law. The house was small, less than 50 square meters. The family struggled with conflicts, so my mother-in-law tried to drive her son’s family away. My husband’s younger brother and his wife were both unemployed. They could not afford to buy a house and had nowhere to go. I have a small bungalow. My mother-in-law wanted me to let them move into it. I agreed, considering their difficult situation. After a few years I transferred ownership to my husband’s younger brother without asking them for a penny.
He was implicated by a friend and ended up in a detention center a few years ago. Two guards chatted with him and they began to talk about houses. My husband’s brother said, “I have a place to live, thanks to my brother. He gave me the house without asking me for a penny.”
One guard said, “Your brother would, of course, help you, because he is your brother. But I think your sister-in-law is great. What does she do?” My husband’s brother said, “She’s a practitioner.”
The guard nodded and said, “She’s a practitioner of Falun Dafa, right? Only a Falun Dafa practitioner would do that.”
Shortly after I retired, my mother-in-law was diagnosed with dementia. She’d had severe rheumatoid disease in the past. Because of her poor health, she could no longer take care of herself. At that time, my father-in-law was already old, my husband’s younger brother had passed away from cancer, my husband’s youngest brother and his wife both had to work, and my husband was not retired yet. I was the only one who had time to take care of my mother-in-law.
I took great care of her without being afraid of filth or getting tired. I taught her to say, “Falun Dafa is good” and “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” just like coaxing a child. Her mental state became better and better.
My husband retired two years ago. He simply moved into his parents’ home and took care of his mother day and night. I understood his decision and also helped care for my mother-in-law. My parents-in-law are both old and really need somebody to stay there around the clock to care for them. It is the teacher of Falun Dafa who teaches me to be a good person, to always consider others first, and to treat everyone well.
Because the principles of Falun Dafa guided me to be a good person, all my mother-in-law’s family members, relatives, and friends say, “Falun Dafa is good!”
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