(Clearwisdom.net) Ms. Zhang is eighty-one years old. Her face has no wrinkles, and her skin is smooth and shiny. With big bright eyes, she looks young and active.
When the family got together during the Spring Festival of 2010, Ms. Zhang's daughter Xiaolan told her sister-in-law Xiaohua: "Look, my mom is helping us cook in addition to helping out with the other housework. I offered to buy her some nutritional supplements, thinking it would be good for her health, but she refused because she has been healthy and energetic due to practicing Falun Dafa. We are grateful to Dafa!"
In 1998, Ms Zhang was 69 years old, but she suffered from various conditions: paralysis due to ossein proliferation, skin disease, and fingernail discoloration (also known as onychomycosis) and others. She was suffering, and desperate.
While the whole family was troubled by Ms. Zhang's poor health, her daughter Xiaolan also became sick suddenly. Xiaolan's throat was so sore that she was unable to talk. An egg-size lump was growing on her neck. She did not know what to do. Amidst the anxiety and shock, however, she remembered how a relative had shown her Zhuan Falun and told her about the magnificence of Falun Dafa. She took out the book and started reading. Gradually, she noticed that her throat became less and less sore. She tried reading the book aloud, and she was able to speak. She touched her neck, and the lump was gone! Out of joy, she jumped out of her seat and ran to her mother's home in no time. Stepping in the door, she cried out: "Mom, you are saved! Practicing Falun Dafa will save you!" Ms. Zhang asked: "Really?" Xiaolan answered: "Yes!" Then the mother said firmly: "Alright, I want to learn Dafa!"
From that day on, Xiaolan read Zhuan Falun to her mom every day, or played the audio tapes of Master's lectures. Ms. Zhang was moved by the Fa. She was tearful while listening, and said: "Why did I get to know such a great Law so late?"
Several days after Ms. Zhang had learned the Fa, she was able to get out of bed and even stand up and take a few steps. The whole family was amazed. Then Xiaolan started teaching her mom the exercises. In fifteen days, she was able to join the group practice in the park.
Improving xinxing is even more important than doing the exercises for Dafa practitioners. All human attachments, including the spirit of competition, the desire for profit, the heart of showing off, and jealousy must be eliminated. Through learning the Fa, Ms Zhang understood the way of cultivation and followed the principle of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. One day on the way to the practice site, she found a roll of bills on the sidewalk. If that had happened before she practiced Dafa, she would have been happy to put the money in her pocket. But now she did not do it upon realizing that the money did not belong to her. She took the money to the teaching assistant at the practice site, but was told that the site was composed of volunteers and that they would not accept or keep any money. She then took the money to a police station. After doing that, she found that her body could move lightly, and she did not get tired at all after climbing the stairs. She realized that it was because she had upgraded her xinxing that this had happened.
Ms. Zhang was illiterate, but she was eventually able to read Zhuan Falun through studying the Fa with fellow practitioners. She is also able to recite Lunyu. This is a miracle given by Master; Falun Dafa is able to bring wisdom to sincere practitioners. The changes she has experienced have validated the magnificence of Falun Dafa.
