(Minghui.org) My husband developed generalized fatigue in the spring of 2017. He was so weak that I had to pick him up from work and take him home. After multiple hospital check-ups and expert consultation, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer that had already metastasized to the bone.
I felt as if the sky was falling. I could hardly handle myself. My son was about to get married. I needed to make a payment toward my pension. We also needed to pay our rent. With no savings, I was overwhelmed about how to pay for my husband’s medical bills.
When I told my husband that he had been diagnosed with cancer, he was very calm: “Even if it is cancer, it does not mean I will die immediately. I can still help you with our family affairs for a few more years. Our son will get married next year and you will retire soon. What are you worried about? Life is like a journey and we have to get off the train at a certain station. After I die, we are just in two different dimensions, that’s all. Let us follow the course of nature, and you do whatever you need to do.”
I was very surprised at my husband’s response, as if he were the one who is a spiritual cultivator, not me. Even though I knew the meaning of life and death from practicing Falun Dafa, I still felt stuck and could not handle my emotions.
Fellow practitioners encouraged me to negate all the negative thoughts and told me to look within and rectify my shortcomings. When I calmed down, I discovered many complaints towards my husband. I despised his unkempt appearance, laziness and poor personal hygiene. Now he had encountered such a great tribulation in his life. I woke up and realized that I didn’t truly care for him or help him as a wife should have done.
When I was incarcerated in 2003, my husband traveled long distances with our nine-year-old son, and he spared no effort to come to the prison to see me. He said to me: “I will wait for you at home. I will not leave you or divorce you.” A guard instigated nearby: “Your wife has behaved very badly here. She does not obey the rules, and you still come to see her?” My husband responded, “My wife is good in every aspect. Our family loves her dearly. Why do you keep her here just because she practices Falun Dafa?”
Thinking back upon this, I suddenly realized how great my husband is! When I was in distress, he chose to stand with me and support me through thick and thin. Now that he is at this juncture of life and death, I should try my best to help him.
I stood beside my husband through his illness and took great care of him. Meanwhile, I intensified Fa study and the sending forth of righteous thoughts. I believed that my improvement in cultivation would also help him recover.
Things changed shortly after that. My husband’s condition kept improving and his cancer eventually disappeared. It has been five years and my husband is healthy and cancer free! I know Master Li Hongzhi extended his life and saved him and our family! No words can express my gratitude and respect for Master.
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