(Minghui.org) Before I became a Falun Dafa practitioner, I lived a miserable life. My family did not have a steady income, and my disabled husband started doing drugs in 1994, around the time when our son was born. I struggled to take care of the newborn and faced my husband's endless requests for money to feed his drug addiction.
Just when I almost had lost hope in 1998, I was introduced to Falun Dafa. Zhuan Falun, the main book of Dafa, provided answers to many of my questions, helped me understand the true meaning of life, and why I suffered. Thus, I decided to practice Dafa and follow its principles.
I no longer complained about the unfairness of life. From reading Zhuan Falun, I learned that everything has a cause. This meant that I had to endure my husband’s behavior because of a debt that I owed him from before. I decided to work hard at all kinds of jobs to support my family.
It was easier to bear the hardship at work. However, it was hard when my husband could not control himself because he needed drugs. He forced family and relatives to lend him money. He tortured me day and night and threatened me with a knife when he needed money. He even cut off three of my fingers and my face was scarred by his attacks.
Because I practice Dafa, I understand the root of all suffering. Thus, I followed the principles “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance” and treated others well.
After Jiang Zemin’s regime launched the persecution of Dafa in 1999, I went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Dafa with other practitioners. I was arrested and given one year of forced labor. After my release, I was arrested again and given a five month prison term, where I was brainwashed.
After my release, I returned home and found out that my seven-year-old son was living with my mother-in-law. When I entered my home, I was shocked. My husband had sold everything to pay for drugs.
Dafa was instrumental in my coming to terms with the problems I faced. My responsibility was to tell people about Falun Dafa and the persecution. Therefore I used my earnings for Dafa truth clarification.
When my husband beat, berated, and threatened me with a knife when in need for money, I left and went to either my mother-in-law's or other practitioners' homes.
My husband eventually was hospitalized, given his worsening drug addiction. I still took great care of him. People asked me why I still spent money and tried to save him. They told me to just let him die. I smiled. Everyday people cannot understand the mindset of a practitioner.
When my husband was clear-minded, he often told people that he regretted treating me like that and that I was a very kind person. He passed away in 2008.
After my husband's death, I put my life back together and operated a small motel. This gave me the opportunity to tell people about Falun Dafa and how Dafa helped me survive great tribulations. Many people learned that Falun Dafa is beneficial to society and not at all what the media owned by the communist regime publicized.
I never hesitate to tell people that without Dafa’s guidance, I would not have survived and made it to where I am today.