(Minghui.org) I was fortunate to learn about Falun Dafa in 1996. With Master’s protection, I have walked my journey of cultivation for 28 years. I’m now almost 70 years old and feel younger and healthier than I did 28 years ago. My relatives have witnessed the miracles of Dafa, and they all believe Dafa is good. Here are some of our family stories.
My father-in-law was well-known as a “mean old man” in our area. He was cold to his relatives and often beat and yelled at his wife and children. The neighbors avoided him.
My husband is the eldest of six children–he has two brothers and three sisters. I got pregnant soon after we got married. One morning, I woke up and started vomiting. I felt so weak, all I could do was lie in bed. When my father-in-law came over, he yelled at me, blaming me for being lazy and not doing any work.
I hurriedly got up and tried to explain the situation, but he didn’t let me. He raised his arm and pushed me hard. I fell and, tragically, this fall caused me to miscarry my child. Losing my child caused me great pain, and from then on, I resented my father-in-law.
My father-in-law always made trouble for no reason. He asked us for money or things, and if he didn’t get what he wanted, he would either beat or scold us. We always avoided him. He often blocked our door and wouldn’t let my husband go to work. I had to check the door every morning to make sure my father-in-law wasn’t around so my husband could leave.
My father-in-law would go to his daughters’ parents-in-law’s house and curse them whenever he was unhappy with his daughters. This embarrassed his daughters a great deal, and they were so angry that they refused to talk to him. My father-in-law also had conflicts with my mother-in-law’s father and brother; he fought with almost every one of his relatives. No one wanted to talk to him. His children had been saying for a long time, “Wait until our father gets old. Let’s see who wants to take care of him then!”
After my miscarriage, I became very sick and suffered miserably. My ailments were almost all caused by my being angry with my father-in-law. Neither Chinese nor Western medicine could cure me, and my health continued to decline.
In the spring of 1996, I was taking a walk when I saw some people doing the Falun Gong exercises to music. They were very friendly, and I thought that the practice must be good, so I joined in. A volunteer instructor said it taught people to be good and had miraculous effects in curing diseases.
After practicing for a while, I felt more energetic and walked more briskly. All my illnesses eventually went away without any further treatment. Everyone who saw me said that my face was rosy, and I was prettier than when I was young.
I went to the practice site every day to study the Fa and do the exercises with other practitioners. I had never been to school and was illiterate. So when the other practitioners read the Fa, I followed along. I learned to recognize some words. Fellow practitioners encouraged me to keep reading, and I can now read Zhuan Falun. I know that, as a practitioner, I must consider others first and follow Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance at all times.
As my xinxing improved, I understood many principles of being a human being and that the conflict between my father-in-law and me was not a simple matter. There was a causal relationship behind it. I gradually let go of my resentment for him. I gave him money at Chinese New Year and also bought food and clothes for him and my mother-in-law.
My father-in-law got old and weak and needed others to take care of him. My mother-in-law wasn’t in good health either. None of their six children wanted to take care of him. I thought practitioners must follow what Master teaches and always consider others. It is our duty as children to take care of our elders.
I talked to my husband about taking care of my father-in-law. He stared at me with indignation and said, “Hmph. Go ahead if you want to. I’ll have nothing to do with it!” Seeing that he couldn’t let go of his resentment for his father, I smiled and replied, “I’ll go by myself if you don’t go.” So I brought my father-in-law basic necessities and took care of him every day.
At my father-in-law’s house, I didn’t mind his dirtiness or the smell. I washed his face and fed him meals like a daughter. I also washed his clothes, cooked for him, and cleaned the house. Although he didn’t say anything, he always lovingly looked at me. Every time he mentioned me to others, he would give me a thumbs up and say, “My daughter-in-law practices Falun Dafa. She’s a great person–better than my daughters!”
I took care of my father-in-law every day. All the neighbors knew about it and said to my husband, “You’re so lucky to have such a good wife. Your father is awful, but your wife still takes such good care of him.” My husband confided to me, “Falun Dafa must be wonderful if you can even be good to bad people. I will never oppose your practice again!” From then on, whenever there were so-called sensitive dates of the communist Party, my husband would help me hide Dafa books. Sometimes, he would wake me in the morning to practice the exercises and send forth righteous thoughts.
The news that I took the lead in taking care of my father-in-law spread among our relatives and friends. His other children said, “Our eldest sister-in-law has really changed after learning Falun Dafa. Our father hurt her so much, and she has no resentment or hatred. She takes care of him like her own father. It’s too difficult to find such a good person nowadays. We ought to learn from her!”
In 2020, during the COVID-19 outbreak, my eldest daughter-in-law tested positive. She had a high fever for several days and neither injections nor medication worked. The hospital was overcrowded, and she couldn’t stay there. She was in pain all over. My son and his family were at a loss, fearing that she might die from white lung pneumonia.
My son came to me for help, and I said, “Ask her to burn incense and kowtow (bow down) in front of Master’s portrait and ask him to save her. She should sincerely recite ‘Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,’ and she will soon recover.”
After she did so, her high fever subsided, and she was able to eat and drink the next day. I exclaimed excitedly, “Master is taking care of you! You should thank Master!” But she retorted, “Really? I think it’s more likely that I got better by taking medicine.” Her wrong thought caused her high fever to come back again on the third day. She was shocked and full of regret.
When she came to me again, I said, “Why don’t you admit your mistake and ask Master for forgiveness.” She knelt in front of Master’s portrait, pressed her palms together, and apologized, “Master, I was wrong. I shouldn’t talk nonsense. Please forgive me.” She then kowtowed three times.
Her high fever subsided the next day, and she became energetic. She joyfully exclaimed, “Mother, I truly believe that Master is taking care of me this time. I will follow your advice in the future and recite ‘Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!’”
My second daughter-in-law thought very highly of Falun Dafa. She said to me in wonder, “Mom, I had a dream last night. A group of bad guys was chasing me. I was so scared that I ran away while shouting for help: ‘Falun Dafa’s Master, please save me!’ Then a huge hand gently lifted me up and put me in a safe place. What you said about Master Li Hongzhi coming to save people is true!”
This daughter-in-law was looking forward to having a son after she gave birth to a daughter. But she always had miscarriages after that. She went to several hospitals for examinations and was repeatedly told that her ovarian cells were abnormal, and it would be difficult for her to have another child.
She was both scared and sad. I comforted her, “Don’t worry. Just believe that Falun Dafa is good.”
I gave her a copy of Zhuan Falun, and she started reading it diligently. Two months later, to our surprise, she got pregnant and later gave birth to a healthy boy. My family was overjoyed and made dumplings and brought fruit to thank Master. She respectfully took the first bowl of dumplings to Master’s portrait and thanked him. Our friends, relatives, and neighbors all came to congratulate us and said how much my family is blessed.
My relatives have witnessed the miracles of Dafa with their own eyes. I hope that all sentient beings can believe that “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,” so that they can be blessed by Dafa and have a bright future.