(Minghui.org) Throughout the 26 years I’ve practiced Falun Dafa, I’ve constantly felt Master’s compassion and how wonderful Dafa is. I’d like to tell you how practicing Dafa taught me to be a good person.
One winter day in 2005, my husband bought some discounted clothes for our child and he also brought home a Samsung mobile phone. My niece said the phone was worth about 3,000 yuan. When I asked him where it came from, he said he found it on the ground near a street stall where he bought the clothes—it was probably dropped by another customer. I asked, “Why didn’t you return it to the owner?” He replied impatiently that there were too many shoppers and he had no idea whose it was, so he just brought it home. I realized he didn’t want to return it because our family was struggling financially. We only had one small phone, which was a hand-me-down from my niece. He turned the phone off, put it down, and went to work.
I wanted to return the phone to it’s owner, but I was afraid my husband would get angry—he is stubborn and has a bad temper. For a moment, a selfish thought arose: Forget it, I won’t interfere. Just then, I noticed my child was playing nearby. A cardboard box filled with soybeans beside the bed was about to fall. I suddenly understood: if I see danger and ignore it, or if I keep something that doesn’t belong to me, it harms both my husband and the phone’s owner. I saw my selfishness—I was trying to protect myself and avoid conflict. I then decided firmly that I must return the phone. I thought that even if my husband became angry, it would pass in two or three days. I later realized that even having the thought that he would get angry was not righteous—after all, I wasn’t doing anything wrong.
I turned on the phone and asked Master to have the owner call. About ten minutes later, the phone rang. A man asked something about a ball (I can’t remember exactly what he said). I told him that my husband found this phone and I asked if he could contact the owner. He said he could. I asked him to have the owner call me directly. About ten minutes later, the owner called and said he was at a nearby market and would pay me if I brought him the phone. I told him I didn’t want a reward. Since my child was young and it was very cold, I couldn’t go out, so I asked him to come to my home instead. I gave him my address.
After more than ten minutes, the owner came and brought me a nicely packaged fountain pen. I invited him inside and told him that I didn’t want a reward—what belongs to someone should be returned. He said he wanted me to keep it as a souvenir, I refused again. Then I told him about the beauty of Falun Dafa and the persecution it faced in China. I said that if he truly wanted to thank me, he could tell his family and friends about the goodness of Falun Dafa. He was deeply moved and left with his phone. When my husband returned home and learned that I returned the phone, he was upset with me for two or three days. I later realized this happened because my thoughts at the time were not truly righteous.
In 2007, I went to a small-goods wholesale market and bought some hair accessories to sell at a street market. When I counted the goods after returning home, I found two extra bags of hair ties. The wholesale price was five yuan per bag. The vendor must have been too busy and accidentally included two extra bags.
A few days later, I returned to the same shop, explained the situation, and paid the vendor an additional ten yuan. She smiled happily and said, “I’ve been selling hair accessories for six years, and I’ve never met anyone like you.” I gave her some truth-clarification materials about Falun Dafa and the persecution. I passed by later and she was still sitting there, carefully reading them. Another life was saved. I am deeply grateful to Master for teaching me how to be a good person.
Over the many years of my cultivation I encountered many similar situations. Sometimes when I shop people give me extra change. I always return it. If I realize it after I go home, I go back and return it to them. When they thank me I always ask them to remember: “Falun Dafa is good!”
One morning in the summer of 2010, after I returned from the morning market, I saw a man squatting downstairs near my building with a severe nosebleed. When I saw the blood on the ground I realized he must have already lost a great deal of blood, and it was still flowing. I quickly knelt down beside him and asked him to recite, “Falun Dafa is good.”
I took some tissues out of my pocket and handed them to him to stop the bleeding. He listened and repeatedly said the words. Within about a minute, the bleeding completely stopped—it was truly miraculous. He looked at me with gratitude in his eyes. I then told him about quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations to stay safe, and I helped him quit the CCP’s Young Pioneers.
Thanks to Master, another life was saved from danger.
I am truly fortunate in this lifetime to practice Falun Dafa. In this turbulent world, Master teaches us how to be good people, to constantly improve, and to always think of others first. After so many years of cultivation, all of my illnesses have been eliminated by Master. I am now free of sickness, light in body and mind, and healthy both physically and mentally. I am deeply grateful to Master for his compassionate salvation.
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