(Clearwisdom.net) Hello fellow disciples. With the Texas trip coming up, I would like to share some thoughts with you.

Until last weekend, I considered myself to be a diligent practitioner. On weekdays I would spend my time working, doing the exercises, and studying the Fa. I felt that I was obtaining a deep understanding of the Fa and progressing rapidly. Last weekend, I sat around and watched baseball and football, feeling like I had earned a well deserved break. Yesterday, although I had plenty of time, I did not study the Fa; nor did I do the fifth exercise. I was quite complacent, to say the least.

Didn't Master say that I would never be able to thank him? That I should not become complacent? That cultivation is enduring hardship? That cultivation is the removal of my human attachments?

When I awoke this morning to do the exercises, my mind was restless and was trying to convince me that I was not calm enough to benefit from the exercises. It was in the midst of this interference that I realized with clarity the difference between my personal cultivation and being a Fa rectification disciple. I realized my mission. And I realized how frightened the evil was of me understanding this.

This brings me to the Texas event. When I first found out about the Texas trip, I had no available vacation time from work. I had very little money to spare, and was experiencing difficulty at home. There were so many reasons why I could not go. Besides, I could send forth righteous thoughts from here. Wouldn't that be the same thing?

It was amidst these thoughts that I realized something. I am a Falun Dafa disciple. How could I delimit the boundless Dafa with my low level human understandings--this understanding that was tainted by the very attachments I was trying to eliminate? This is the home of my Master, my great compassionate Teacher, who has asked that I show my virtue and compassion. The evil was brazenly coming to my country to disgracefully deceive it. But where there is evil, there is goodness, and beyond the human goodness, there is the magnificent compassionate heart of a Dafa disciple. I will be there as part of the Buddha light that will shine through all evil.

I will be there to let the people that will experience this visit know first-hand the compassion, truth and immeasurable virtue of a Dafa practitioner. They can look into my eyes and hear my words. They can experience the energy field of a thousand divine beings. My heart is strong, my mind is clear, and the evil is frightened. This is my mission, and I am ready.

I purchased my plane ticket before I knew that I could have the time off. I looked inside for the attachments that were interfering, and spoke with honesty and from my heart to my boss. He agreed to credit me the time off, using next year's vacation time. Everything will work itself out. If I face a tribulation, I will look inside for my own attachment. I will emerge from the other side, and feel the might and truth of the Fa. The evil may seem strong at times, but it is only because I allow it to. We are one body, and we are part of the Fa.

As one body, let us complete what we should do. Let us save sentient beings and display the truth.