(Minghui.org) I’m 63 years old. Before I began practicing Falun Dafa, I suffered from a herniated disc and gynecological problems, including two uterine tumors that caused bleeding and low blood pressure. Because I felt dizzy, I could only work half a day. My parents-in-law helped us take care of our son, and my husband was always depressed. There was little joy in our family.
After I started practicing Falun Dafa in 1996, all my health problems vanished, saving us a significant amount in medical expenses. I was happy and energized and excelled at all my job assignments, earning me the outstanding employee award many times. I also handled almost all the household chores. My husband’s depression lifted, and our home was filled with happiness and warmth.
Falun Dafa gave me a new life, and I feel extremely grateful to Master Li for his compassionate salvation. Ever since I started practicing Falun Dafa, even though my family has faced many difficult situations, things always seem to turn out well in the end. Let me give you an example.
My son had always been sensible and well-behaved and was one of the top students in school. Although he does not practice Falun Dafa, he knows that Dafa is good and believes in the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. When I washed his clothes, I often found slips of paper in his pockets with reminders encouraging him to be a good person by following the principles. He’s also read Zhuan Falun many times.
When the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) launched a nationwide suppression of Falun Dafa, I faced persecution. My son stood by me during this difficult time. When our relatives called him and urged him to persuade me to give up Falun Dafa, he firmly said, “That’s my mom’s belief. I will not stop her.”
He sometimes told us about school, “Our class was recognized as an ‘Outstanding Class,’ but no one wants to help fetch water. Everyone rushes home, and no one closes the windows or turns off the lights.”
I told him, “You can do it. It’s easy for you.”
“Yes, I already do, but my classmates say that I’m a fool,” he said quietly.
I encouraged him, “Don’t worry. Don’t view it as a bad thing to be called a ‘fool’ when you’re doing something good.”
My son was admitted to a prestigious university, graduated, and joined the workforce. He was brimming with enthusiasm and had ambitious dreams of achieving his professional aspirations. However, the reality he faced in society was completely at odds with his dreams. There was much corruption intertwined with interpersonal relationships. The leaders didn’t value those who were truly capable, while those with connections were praised.
In the face of such corruption and cruel reality, my son grew depressed and unhappy. He lived on his own and seldom talked to us. When he could no longer face reality, he turned off his phone and disappeared.
He had always been the pride of our family. His sudden disappearance hit us like the sky was falling, and both my husband and I felt lost and devastated. Where could we find our son in the vast sea of people?
I calmed down and remembered what Master said, “with one person practicing, the whole family benefits” (Teachings at the Conference in Australia). We decided to wait.
On the morning of the third day after my son disappeared, I saw a scene in which the ocean waves were receding, and many people were swept away without a trace. My son was one of them. Just then, a big hand pulled him to shore. A thought flashed through my mind: "Master was helping him."
I woke my husband up, told him what I'd seen, and said, “Master has saved our son. Quickly. Go check out his apartment!” My husband called a taxi and went. Indeed, our son was back in his apartment. Then my husband told me what happened when he got there.
He'd knocked on the door, but no one answered. When he opened it, he saw an empty wine bottle on the coffee table, but our son seldom drinks. His bedroom was empty, so my husband checked the bathroom. Our son was sitting on the floor in his underwear with his chin on his chest. My husband called our son's name over and over, but he didn't respond and he was very cold. He must have been sitting there for a long time. When my husband saw a razor blade next to him, he gasped in fear and tried to rouse him.
After our son came home, he said, “Mom, I’m sorry to have worried you so much.” When I tried to comfort him, he said, “It’s really hard to be a good person in this corrupt society. You want me to be a good person, but it won’t get me anywhere. The leaders only favor those who flatter them and offer them gifts and money. I cannot and don’t want to do that. Even though I have outstanding professional skills, I’ve been marginalized. I doubt it’s worthwhile to be a good person in this society.”
My son was away from us for four years while he attended university. He was shocked by the moral decay in today’s China. He began to doubt the meaning of life and everything around him, and became depressed and lost. He lost his sense of happiness that came from being a good person when he was young, and he even began to believe in atheism
Sadly, my son was not the only one who has felt this way in today’s China, where it’s all about greed and self-interest—saying one thing but doing another, deceiving superiors while cheating the general public. People forget that heaven is watching and that good and evil will inevitably be rewarded or punished.
I shared a lot with my son, assuring him that there is nothing wrong with being a good and kindhearted person: “The social norms in China now are completely corrupt and rotten. We as individuals cannot change this fact, but we can change ourselves and try to be good people.
“Those who seem to have gained through corruption are not truly ‘successful,’ and a number of high-ranking officials who persecuted Falun Dafa practitioners ended up in jail for one reason or another. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance are the only criteria for measuring what is good or bad in the universe, so we must try to be truthful, kind, tolerant, and responsible people.”
After having some heartfelt conversations and sharing, along with studying the Fa and listening to stories about China’s divinely-inspired traditional culture, my son opened his heart and reconnected to his true self. He became clearheaded and was determined to be a good person. He is now full of energy and always in good spirits.
Our family watched a Shen Yun show on NTDTV on New Year’s Eve. “It’s truly amazing!” my son exclaimed. That same evening, he wrote a solemn declaration in which he apologized for anything he said or done that was disrespectful of Master and asked for forgiveness.
With Master’s guidance, he found another suitable job, got married, and he and his wife now have a baby boy. He is very happy and strives to strive to be a good person. He continues to improve himself in his profession and earns a good salary.
If I hadn’t practiced Falun Dafa and understood the universal principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, I might have been tempted to go along with my son’s confused way of thinking, telling him not to be so kind, that he should be "smart:" learn to be tactful, know how to handle things appropriately, go with the flow, and learn what his bosses like so that he could gain some benefits. I could have ruined my son’s future.
Many young people in today’s China are lost but believe they are doing well. When misfortunes occur, instead of reflecting on their own actions, they view adversities as accidental. The atheism instilled into people’s minds by the CCP has ruined four generations of Chinese.
At this most critical moment in history, Falun Dafa’s compassionate Master has come to offer salvation to humanity! We are deeply grateful for the boundless grace of Falun Dafa and Master. Our family was saved from being torn apart and destroyed. We feel an everlasting sense of gratitude!