(Clearwisdom.net) We are Falun Dafa practitioners. We practice Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance together. During this process, we should cultivate benevolent and compassionate thoughts. In the end, it is our benevolent thoughts and actions that will move people. I would like to share two trivial things with you that happened to me.
One was on a bus. Once I clarified the truth about Falun Gong on the bus and was reported to the police. Therefore, the local police asked the bus driver and the conductor questions. Ever since then, the conductor has given me a dirty look whenever I have taken the bus.
One day when I got on the bus, there was no vacant seat. The conductor was sitting on a seat and asked me to sit on the big iron box that covers part of the engine, by the bus driver. In fact, the conductor is supposed to give his seat to the passenger. I didn't mind sitting on the big iron box in the front of the bus. Soon more passengers got on the bus. There were four or five people standing and one of them was a child. I stood up and let the child sit on the box. A girl, about 17 years old, sitting by the window immediately got up and offered me her seat. I kindly refused her. After some people got off, I found another seat. Soon, several more people got on the bus and there was another kid who had to stand. Again I gave my seat to him.
After seeing me give up my seat to others, the behavior of people on the bus changed. The change in the conductor's attitude was the most evident. She used to announce the next stop with hostility in her voice and was rude to everybody. Now her voice became tender. When elderly people got on or off the bus, she reached out to help them. She completely lost her hostility towards me. The people who take the bus are residents from neighboring villages and we all know each other. Most of them know that I practice Falun Gong. Through my actions they see that Falun Gong practitioners are good people.
Several times when I took the bus again, I gave my seat to people with children. A visitor from a neighboring county needed to get off at the next stop, so I reminded him. He said, "You are really a good person. You talk to people with such good manners." People on the bus all looked at me. I smiled lightly. When I was about to get off the bus, I couldn't take all the bags with me at one time. The conductor passed two bags to me. Even though I didn't clarify the truth about Falun Gong on the bus, people all know that Falun Dafa is great from my behavior.
I wipe off the desks and clean up everything in my workplace every morning. If I see that the cleaning cloth is dirty, then I will clean it. I also bring soap from home for others to use in the office. My co-workers praise me for being a clean, diligent, and kind-hearted person. They all know that I practice Falun Gong. Seeing how practitioners really think about others, they do not say anything negative about Dafa or practitioners any more. Such things are trivial, but I always remember that I am a practitioner of Falun Dafa and should manifest the image of a Dafa practitioner at all times. Then those who do not know Dafa will know that Dafa is good from seeing my behavior. As time went by, some co-workers who were not on good terms with me said, "She is getting kinder and kinder."
I want everyone I meet to know that practitioners are good. The police arrested me several times during the persecution and it affected my work unit. This made my co-workers unhappy with me. Yet recently, when I went back to work again, none of them were hostile to me. In the office, I often talk to people about supernormal phenomena and the great power of Dafa. I hope this will help eliminate the old concepts of superstition in people's minds. It works well.
Master said, " ...Also, with those people that you run into by chance, who you run into in daily life, and the people you run into at work, you should all clarify the truth to them. Even when in your daily life you pass by people so quickly that you don't have a chance to talk to them, you should still leave them with your compassion and kindness. Don't lose those who should be saved, especially those with predestined connections. Actually, a lot of Dafa disciples say when they're clarifying the truth, "I'm going to go clarify the truth now," as if at that moment they're going to clarify the truth, but they don't clarify the truth normally. Saving beings should permeate every single aspect of your daily lives at this time. If you can all understand and really see its importance, I think you'll probably save more beings. " (Teaching the Fa at the 2003 Atlanta Fa Conference)
We can directly clarify the truth to some people; to others we cannot. Still, we should remember to leave them with our compassion. Be it in the work unit, in the family, in society, or wherever we go, we need to be good persons and be compassionate to others. Now I feel that the environment in my family and my office are changing. Even the people I often meet are changing. The power of Compassion is so great. It can eliminate the evil and selfish thoughts fostered for so long a time. It can also encourage kindness among people and melt the ice so they will be in harmony together again. Even the boss in my work unit is gradually getting rid of his bad thoughts about practitioners. He can now treat us practitioners properly.
