(Minghui.org) I started practicing Falun Dafa in 1996, and I’m now 70 years old. During these 29 years, I experienced many tests and tribulations—I know I made it to this day because Master protected me.
I was born in a farming village and faced many hardships from a young age. I had four sisters. I am the second oldest. After my father passed away, I became the main breadwinner for our family. As a teenage girl, I worked extra hours during my school holidays. I carried water, pushed carts, repaired and built houses, tossed bricks, and did all the work that the men did. I became the pillar of our family—I worked myself to the bone and became sick. I had many illnesses, but we had no money to treat them.
I suffered from bronchitis, stomach problems, breast hyperplasia, back pain, and frequent headaches. Each day felt like an eternity, and I saw no hope. My husband was in the military, and he couldn’t help me. I had to continue working and raising two children on my own. I had no choice but to keep going. I didn’t know what the point of living was. I was constantly worried and miserable.
In October 1996, a friend gave me a copy of Zhuan Falun, and asked me to return it after I finished reading it. Once I started reading, I couldn’t put it down. I didn’t want to let go of the book, so my friend got another copy for me to keep.
For two months, I read the book and did the exercises. I also conducted myself according to the teachings in Zhuan Falun. Without my being aware of it, my body changed dramatically. I felt more and more comfortable. Dafa is truly miraculous.
I suffered greatly because we were poor when I was young, and I was often hungry. Thus, I valued money and material gain before I practiced Falun Dafa. After I began practicing, I learned how to be a good person and an even better person. My morals constantly improved. For example, a vendor overpaid me 10 yuan when I bought vegetables from him. I didn’t count the money and put the change in my bag. When I went to buy other things, I found the extra 10 yuan. I returned the money. The vendor thanked me and said that people like me were scarce nowadays. I said, “All Falun Dafa practitioners are like this. Master teaches us to be good people.” The people around us gave me a thumbs up and said, “Falun Dafa is truly good.”
Another time, I was going to buy fried dough sticks. I put five yuan into the vendor’s cash box and told him about it, then I stood in line. When I received the dough sticks, the vendor asked me for the money. I told him I already paid. He said, “You didn’t.” I thought, I’m a practitioner, nothing happens by accident, so I gave him another five yuan.
At work, I was in charge of collecting payments, and I received a fake 50 yuan bill. I was dumbfounded. I wondered: what should I do? Someone next to me said, “Spend it at night. They won’t notice it.” I thought, I cultivate Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, I can’t do such a thing. I tore it up right away and replaced it with 50 yuan of my own money. I felt very good. The following month, when I got paid, I got a 50 yuan raise.
A coworker and I went to the bank after work to make a deposit. On our way back, I was hit by a motorcycle. My bicycle and I were thrown quite far. My knees were badly mangled, with blood flowing down my calves to my feet. My palms were also scraped raw. My coworker was terrified, and said, “Let’s chase that guy. There are police at the guard station ahead.” I said there was no need.
I limped back to the office, pushing my bicycle. The people who saw me were angry with the guy who hit me. I said, “It’s okay. I’m a practitioner, it’s fine.” My legs healed in a couple of days.
After I began practicing Falun Dafa, my family’s financial situation improved significantly. My children all have good jobs and are healthy. I also have wonderful grandchildren. The first sentence they say when they see me is, “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” When they were young, I took them with me to distribute truth-clarification information. They often say, “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” Dafa has taken root in their hearts.
My husband was initially afraid and opposed my cultivation due to the persecution. Now, he also cultivates Dafa. He studies and hand-copies the Fa and does the exercises whenever he has time. So far, we’ve hand-copied Zhuan Falun six times. My husband is very healthy and feels great. This is all thanks to Master and Dafa. Our whole family is grateful.
Now, at 70 years old, I can still take care of the kids, do housework, and on top of doing the three things. My sons and daughters are impressed. Practicing Falun Dafa has led me, a person with a hard life, onto a path of returning to my true self. I now have guidance for everything I encounter in life, and my heart is clear and at peace.
I work in a large supermarket in a four-story building, and I handle customer returns and exchanges. Some returns were due to product defects, some customers changed their minds, and some deliberately created issues so they could return the items. After I verified, investigated, and negotiated, I always gave the customer a satisfactory response. When I’m not busy at work, I clarify the truth about Dafa and the persecution to coworkers, managers, and supervisors. Some of them, after learning the truth, have quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations.
When I was on duty by myself one day, a few people came in, and I smelled alcohol on them. A man in his 40s or 50s stumbled over to me, cursing and shouting. He threw a pair of shoes on the table and yelled loudly, “Return.” I stood up and got a chair for him. I said, “Don’t worry. There’s nothing we cannot settle. Try to follow Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance as taught by Falun Dafa.” He calmed down right away and said, “What you said is marvelous. I no longer feel upset!”
I began to tell him facts about Dafa, that Falun Dafa teaches people to be good. I told him that a relative of mine practices Falun Dafa, and he’s become a truly good person. Before he started practicing, his temper was bad. He drank and smoked every day, beat his wife, and scolded his children. His health was also poor. Everything changed after he began to practice Dafa. He stopped smoking and drinking, and his health improved. The man sitting in the chair said he wanted to learn Falun Dafa, too.
As we spoke, I examined the shoes he wanted to return. I found a cut in the upper part of the shoe, and it didn’t look like a quality issue. I told him I would need to send the shoe back the factory for inspection; then, if it is found to be a quality issue, I would give him a new pair. He gave me his phone number and left calmly.
The man returned a few days later. He read the factory certificate, which reported that it was not a quality problem. He accepted it. I gave him a truth-clarification pamphlet and helped him quit the CCP organizations. He also asked me to help his son and daughter-in-law quit. I told him that they need to agree to it. He said he would go home and tell them. He also wanted to learn how to practice. I suggested that we make an appointment.
After most of the managers and employees on my floor understood the truth about Falun Dafa, I moved to another floor and clarified the truth to the workers there, and validated Dafa with my actions. One day, I was alone on duty. So I hand-copied Zhuan Falun at lunch time when few people were around. The chairman came in, saw me copying the book, and encouraged me to keep copying.
We chatted for a while about business. Then I clarified the truth about Falun Dafa and urged him to quit the CCP. He said his family was landlords. His father was an entrepreneur, his grandfather was in Taiwan, and his family was badly persecuted during the Cultural Revolution. He said he knew the CCP was evil. He rejected their offer when the CCP wanted him to join them. I told him to remember, “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” He would be safe, and his business would prosper. He was very grateful.
My family later moved to a big city. I quickly connected with local practitioners and continued doing the three things well. We distributed truth-clarification pamphlets in nearby neighborhoods as well as in the mountain villages to help people learn the truth about Dafa.