(Minghui.org) I have been on the path of cultivation practice for 15 years, since I started practicing Falun Dafa in 1997. I can't describe how deeply I appreciate Master's mercy. All I can do is cultivate myself well and coordinate well with other practitioners to form a whole body and save more people. The following are my experiences to share with fellow practitioners.
At the beginning of 2003, my father passed away. He had practiced Dafa but stopped after July 20, 1999, due to his fear of the communist regime. Later, he became ill. Master tried to enlighten him in his dreams several times, but he just didn't get it. Finally he left us. At that time, my mother's pension was only 400 yuan a month. I was unemployed with an 8-year-old son. My husband was sentenced to jail for 10 years because he committed a crime. Even though life was very tough, I never changed my mind about practicing Falun Dafa. The principles of Dafa are like a boat that helps me surf the sea of life.
My mother's pension couldn't support the whole family, so I started to look for a job. I would take any job, regardless of how hard it was, as long as I could have time to study the Fa and send my son to school and pick him up. One month later, with my neighbor's help, I got a cleaning job. It was perfect for me, and I have done this job for 8 years since then.
Every day, I sent my son to school early in the morning, then went to my company and cleaned everything. Then I went back home to study the Fa with my mother. At noon, I got lunch ready before picking up my son. After lunch, I brought my son back to work with me. After I finished cleaning, I sent my son back to school and then went back to home to study the Fa again. In the evening, I went to school to bring my son back. No other work could allow me to balance everything so well. I was very grateful to Master for arranging such a good path for me; everything was just the best.
Dafa brought me more wisdom, so I was able to accomplish everything with only half the effort. The general manager said I did my job very well. I was supposed not to have a bonus for the holiday, but the general manager gave me a bonus. My salary was increased in the third month.
As a practitioner, I found joy in the tough times. I did everything strictly according to Dafa. I used all efforts to avoid wasting resources. For example, if the mop was damaged, I would try to fix it. Even though I had no direct supervisor, I disciplined myself strictly. I saved a lot of money for the company.
In September 2003, my company moved to a new building. My workload increased and more cleaners joined. I wondered how to face the new situation. I thought that I should cultivate myself better with these changes. When a colleague came on the first day, I told her frankly about my life and my belief. She was very surprised and said: “You don't look like someone who has suffered so much. From your laughing, I thought you must be a very happy person. If those things happened to me, I would never smile.”
My schedule was changed. I could still send my son to school and pick him up, but I had to study the Fa at my company instead of at home. However, the other cleaner kept talking to me and interrupting me, so I sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the bad things behind her. Gradually she didn't talk very much when I studied the Fa. Sometimes, I told her stories about traditional culture. She liked to listen to them very much. She also recited “Falun Dafa is good,” and she got healthier and healthier. Her temper became better, and her family problems lessened.
In August 2005, I set up a family materials production site. My company changed the schedule again, and I got half a day off. I had enough time to learn how to run a materials production site from other practitioners who lived in another town. Because I wanted to learn to make truth-clarifying materials by myself, Master helped. If there was anything I didn't know, there would be other practitioners who knew it. Soon I learned how to download files, how to install a system and maintain machines, how to make books, etc.
I got more available time; however, conflicts came along with this. My colleagues always occupied my time and left a heavy workload for my shift. But I knew that on my cultivation path nothing happens by accident. I knew that I should broaden my heart. Whenever I felt resentful, I recited Master's poems from Hong Yin. When others saw that I was the only one working, they asked, “Where's the other one?” I replied calmly, “She has something else to deal with.”
One day at the end of the year, the general manager told me: “Don't be the same as your colleague. We know you work hard.” I smiled and didn't say anything. Later, I was told to pick up something. I got a bag of rice, a bag of flower, a basket of cooking oil, and 500 yuan as a bonus. I knew it was Master encouraging me.
The office director knew that I practiced Falun Dafa, and he wanted to talk to me. I told him how I benefited from Dafa. He didn't say anything. One day I went to his office; he was reading a martial arts novel on the Internet. He said, “Compared to your Master, who has higher skills?” I replied very seriously, “I respect my Master very much.” After that, he never made this kind of joke again.
There were four other women who shared the same break room with me. I told them the facts about Dafa and helped them quit the Communist Party and its associated organizations. One lady listened to Master's audio lectures. Another is reading Zhuan Falun.
Whatever I did at work, I strictly followed the requirements of Dafa, because if I didn't do well, then people would think that Dafa is not good.
In everyday life, conflicts are inevitable. At the beginning, I joined into discussions without realizing it. But later I realized that I should pay more attention to the cultivation of speech. I looked into the reasons why I had joined the discussions and found my attachments.
When problems happened in the family or among colleagues, I would persuade people to be more tolerant and to cherish the time together. During my 8 years of working at this company, our service department has never reported any conflict to the superior department and has never added any extra work for mangers. My general manger is very satisfied with my work and always says to other departments, “If everyone worked like Xiuhe, life would be much easier.”
Working diligently and being tolerant of others, we all get along very well. Once the general manager invited us to have dinner. He praised that we created a stable work environment and had the correct way of thinking. At the end he said to me, “You are truly diligent.” I knew that it was Master encouraging me.