Improving My Xinxing in a Complex Work Environment

(Minghui.org) I worked as a janitor during the pandemic in 2022, cleaning a residential area. In the eyes of regular people, working as a janitor is a lowly job, and it is often looked down upon. As a Falun Dafa practitioner, I knew I should act in accordance with Dafa’s standards of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and treat everything that happens around me with a peaceful mind.

Each day at work, I first followed the work order from my manager, and completed my tasks conscientiously. I kept the environment clean and did my best to look after the area I was responsible for. For issues that were not within my scope of responsibility, I also cleaned whatever I saw was dirty. For example, when I saw that the heating pipes were dusty, I cleaned them from the top floor to the basement. The customer service department was very satisfied with my work.

Cleaning often brought me into contact with residents, which could sometimes lead to conflicts, but were also good opportunities to improve my xinxing. During the pandemic, students often played in the community garden during holidays. One time, a student defecated outside the window of an apartment. The owner saw it, but did nothing, and asked me to clean it up. I didn’t think much about it at the time, and just got the tools to start cleaning. Since the cement floor was difficult to clean, I brought some water in a bucket and rinsed it clean to satisfy the owner.

There was an owner on the seventh floor who was difficult to get along with. She often found fault with and quarreled with my colleagues. I was once mopping the tenth through fifth floors. She and her mother said in an angry tone, “Why don’t you clean our floor?” I knew that a conflict had emerged, and that the owner was looking for trouble.

I calmly replied, “Let’s go up and take a look together.” After arriving at their floor, the owner pointed and said that it was not clean, and there was dust. I mopped it again with a calm mentality, but the result was still the same. The mother suddenly lifted the mat in front of the door and said, “Why don’t you mop or wipe here?” I kept calm and patiently told them we don’t mop the spots where the mats are laid, and it would be even worse if the mop dirtied the mats.

I told them, “If there are any mistakes in the future, we can communicate with each other and deal with them right then.” At this time, her attitude eased, and she said with a smile, “You seem to be very sincere. In fact, we are not complaining about you.” The conflict was resolved, and there were no more unpleasant encounters with them.

After knowing the residential owners for a long time, they saw my honesty and kindness, and gradually changed their attitudes. They smiled at me whenever they saw me, and sometimes said to me in a caring way, “It’s really not easy to do this job, you work hard all day long.” I replied, “As long as you are satisfied.”

There was an elderly man in the community who had suffered a stroke, and half of his body was rigid. He often came downstairs for a walk, so I would help him get a stool to sit on and support him. I also helped him when it was inconvenient for him to use the elevator. He was touched, and said, “There are too few people like you nowadays.” He said he was once blown down by the wind and asked passersby to help him up, but they ran away. No one dared to give him a hand because they were afraid of being taken advantage of.

I told him that I was a Falun Dafa practitioner, and our Master asks us to be good people according to Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. I then clarified the truth about the persecution to him and encouraged him to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliates. He said he was a veteran and had joined the CCP, but he no longer paid any Party dues.

I replied, “Quit the CCP and stay away from evil, and you will then have a bright future!” He agreed to quit. I also told him to sincerely recite, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,” and he would receive blessings. He asked me to repeat the two auspicious phrases several times until he remembered them. He thanked me again and again. I told him, “Thank our Master. It is he who asks us to save people.”

Contract workers who were hired by homeowners for remodeling often came into the residential community. I tried to find opportunities to clarify the truth to these workers and persuade them to make the three withdrawals (from the CCP, the Youth League, or Young Pioneers). I also told them they would be blessed if they sincerely recited, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” Most of them agreed to withdraw from the CCP organizations.

When I worked with my colleagues, I demonstrated my kindness to show the demeanor of a Dafa practitioner, so they could feel that Falun Dafa is good. Most of my colleagues were women, so I took the initiative to do the dirty work. Every day, after I finished the area I was responsible for, I helped others with their work. When we picked up our cleaning tools, I left the good ones for them. They said more than once, “How can you be so kind? You always think of us.”

“I practice Falun Dafa. It is our Master who teaches us to be good people. Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance are our standards of behavior.” After I clarified the truth about Dafa to them, they were willing to withdraw from the CCP’s organizations and learned to recite, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.”

There were also times when I did not do well. Once, a group of people gathered in a store to play mahjong. After they ate dinner, their leftover food, bowls, chopsticks, and waste paper were everywhere in front of the store. I got dirty from picking up the the garbage and could not maintain my xinxing. I then vented my dissatisfaction in front of my manager. After thinking about it, I realized I had feelings of jealousy in my heart, which were attachments that I needed to cultivate away.

Thank you, Master! Thank you, Dafa! Thank you, fellow practitioners.