(Minghui.org) I was tormented by all kinds of health problems for years, but I recovered shortly after I began to practice Falun Dafa in 1995. Now, at 68, I still enjoy good health and am full of energy. I have no words to express my gratitude to Master Li, the founder of Falun Dafa.
The roadside drainage ditch in my village filled up with all kinds of trash over the years. When it rained, the houses of those who lived near the road were often flooded. The village secretary posted a 6,000-yuan reward for someone to clean it up, but no one was willing to take the job.
As a Dafa practitioner who lives by Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, I thought I should take the initiative to clean the ditch. I shared my thoughts with several practitioners and they agreed.
The five of us began to clean it in the summer. Later, three more practitioners in nearby villages came to help us. So that we wouldn’t fall behind in our own farm work during the day, we got up at 2 a.m. and worked until dawn. The ditch was about a third of a mile long and three feet deep and three feet wide. It took us two weeks to clean it out completely. After the village secretary hired a truck to haul away the trash, we also cleaned the road where the trash had been piled up.
Many villagers were moved by what we did. One village director commented on the trouble they’d had trying to hire someone to do it, yet we Falun Dafa practitioners did it for free. “How noble! Falun Dafa practitioners are all good people. Falun Dafa is great!”
There were a few fires in our village in the past, and the secretary gave rewards to anyone who claimed to have helped put them out. Some people submitted their names even though they actually didn’t do anything. Many of the villagers were moved to see how hard we Dafa practitioners worked to put out the fire but never asked for compensation. They exclaimed, “Falun Dafa practitioners are honest and upstanding.”
I picked up 870 yuan in cash lying on the ground as I was taking my child to school one day. It was a lot of money back then. I stood by the side of the road, hoping the owner would come looking for it. Several people came by, and one of them said he had lost something. I asked him what he had lost and he told me the exact amount. I returned his money to him.
He tried to give me 100 yuan to show his gratitude, but I kindly declined and told him that I practiced Falun Dafa to be a good person. He was very touched and said, “Falun Dafa is good! Falun Dafa is really great!”
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