(Minghui.org) I was 46 years old when I began practicing Falun Dafa in March 1996.
I used to suffer from many illnesses, including muscle atrophy in my left leg, stomach problems, appendicitis, back and leg pain, and nervous exhaustion. I often fought with my husband and was in a bad mood every day. My parents’ family also had a lot of problems. My grandmother was not in good health. My father was bedridden. My sister had cancer. My mother worked very hard and was exhausted. She hired folk healers to treat illnesses and dispel evil for our family. But they made things worse. My grandmother, my father, and sister passed away, one after another.
I visited a Falun Dafa practitioner and said I wanted to learn Falun Dafa so my illnesses would be resolved. My mother repeatedly came to see me after I began practicing and I told her to do the exercises with other practitioners and watch the videos of Master’s lectures. She came because she wanted to have her illnesses resolved. We went to the local practice site, and my mother and I stood in the last row and did the exercises.
On our way home, my mother said in surprise that she could raise her arm. After she said that, I realized that my leg pain was gone, and I felt good.
We watched the videos of Master’s lectures. I saw colorful and glittering Falun for the first time. The scene was splendid and sacred. Master purified our bodies and souls. My mother and I became illness free. My mother was very moved and said, “Master has purified our family environment.” My family became harmonious and our relationships improved.
As I kept studying the Fa and doing the exercises, I understood the principles of being a human being, the meaning of life, and the root cause of hardships in life. Falun Dafa changed me, rectified me and remolded me. I used to be hot tempered, introverted, and I had difficulty communicating. I was strong-headed and unforgiving. I thought I was always right and everyone else was wrong. I constantly fought with my husband and I even asked for a divorce. When I was angry, I hit my kids. The results would be unimaginable if I didn’t practice Falun Dafa.
I looked within and became considerate after I began practicing Falun Dafa. I work harder than anyone else and take losses as a blessing. My family has gone through fundamental changes and lives a better life. My daughter and her husband have good jobs and high salaries. My granddaughter attends a good high school. The economy in China is on a downward slide. Unemployment and business closures are everywhere. But my daughter and her husband have stable incomes and bought two apartments and changed their car three times.
My granddaughter gave her teachers calendars with information about Falun Dafa and gave her classmates amulets when she was in primary school. Now she has grown up. She gave me her teachers’ and principals’ names and I sent them truth-clarifying materials about the persecution.
I became healthy after I practiced Falun Dafa and I try to be a good person by following to the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. My husband changed for the better and he watches NTDTV every day. When there were signal problem, he asked the repairman to come immediately. He tells others what he hears on NTDTV and even records the programs and gives them to others.
We asked a repairman to repair our hot water unit one day. I clarified the truth to him. My husband told him how the Tiananmen Self-Immolation incident was staged, and how bad the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is. We asked him to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. My husband’s health is getting better and better.
My mother is 94 years old and her health is good. She says “Falun Dafa is good and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” every day. She rides her tricycle to buy groceries. She also feeds the chickens and does chores. She fell and fractured her hip before the new year. Due to her age, the doctor refused to operate and he said she wouldn’t recover. The doctor warned that elderly people were prone to blood clots, bedsores, and other complications and asked us to be careful. But my mother didn’t have any issues. She sat up on her own and could go to the toilet herself within three months.
Cleaning the Dirty Well
The residential area where I lived has no property management. I live on the first floor. The dirty well wasn’t cleaned for years. There was a lot of rain in summer and the well overflowed. It smelled and no one wanted to clean it. I decided to help.
When I was returning home from work, I noticed a man cleaning a well. I asked him to clean our well. He said, “If you contacted me another time, I would have charged you a higher price. I’ll clean the well for you.” I thanked him. He asked who would pay him. I said, “I will pay you and I’ll collect the money from the neighbors later.”
I went to see the building representative for our block and explained the situation to him. He was very happy. He said that he wanted to hire a cleaner to clean the well several times but he was afraid that people would complain about the price. I told him that I would collect the money from the residents in my building.
As I finished talking, the cleaner arrived. The representative and I helped him pull the lid off of the well. The well was filthy and filled with worms and bugs. We worked for an hour in the hot weather, and I piled the filthy water on the side so that people wouldn’t step in it and get their shoes dirty.
After we finished I said, “I practice Falun Dafa. Our Master teaches us to do good deeds, and to consider other people first.” I clarified the truth to the cleaner and his five workers and helped them quit the CCP. I gave each of them a copy of truth-clarifying pamphlets and amulets. I paid the cleaner the service fee. I said that I would buy water for them if they were thirsty. They said, “Auntie, you are so good. No need to buy water.”
The building representative saw what I had done and knew that Falun Dafa is good. The community Party secretary also knew that I was good. He told my husband that I had a good reputation among the residents and got along well with everyone. Over the years, I have bought cement and sand out of my own pocket to fix the leaks in the stairways and clean the well. People saw what I did and remembered it.
Three Households Use My Small Garage
I live on the first floor and I built a small garage. There were many thieves several years ago and they stole electric scooters. Not every household had a garage. The two families on the third floor didn’t have one. The mother of one of the families asked me if her child could put his e-bike in my garage as it was too hard for him to carry his bike to the third floor every day when he came home from school. I immediately agreed and had the key copied for him. The husband of the other family also asked me if he could put his motorcycle in my garage so that it wouldn’t get stolen. I agreed. Later he changed the garage door to an iron door, so it was easier to use.
When the children of the two families grew up, they bought electric scooters and put them in my garage without asking my permission. The garage was full. I had difficulty moving my own things in and out of my garage every day. I became unbalanced in my heart. This was not an issue of one day or two days. They put their vehicles in my garage for more than 30 years for free.
They never cleaned the garage and sometimes I got angry. But I reminded myself that I’m a Falun Dafa practitioner and I shouldn’t behave like an everyday person. I cleaned the garage regularly and gave away items I no longer used to the waste collectors. I clarified the truth to them and told them that Falun Dafa is good. However much I suffered and sacrificed, this was what I should do because people saw Falun Dafa practitioners as good people.
Living in Harmony with Neighbors
I went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Dafa several times after the Chinese Communist Party started the persecution of Dafa on July 20,1999. I was detained several times and I was fired from my position. My home was searched. I was fined, detained in forced labor camps, and I was sentenced to prison. My neighbors often asked about me and were genuinely concerned about me.
After I was released from jail, my sister and brother brought me fruit and vegetables from their farms. I shared the food with my neighbors to thank them. I gave them truth-clarifying pamphlets and amulets and told them the facts about Falun Dafa and the persecution.
Ms. Wang on the second floor praised me for my firm belief in Falun Dafa. I went to see her when she was sick. I brought her the sticky rice dumplings I made on Dragon Boat Festival Day. She often praised me in front of her children. Her children were appreciative of what I did for their mother and their entire family agreed to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. Ms. Wang’s husband also benefited from knowing the truth about Falun Dafa. He is over 90 years old and often goes out to eat with friends.
The woman on the fifth floor was sick for some time. She was in low spirits and lived alone. I clarified the truth to her a few times and gave her pamphlets and amulets. She quit the CCP. I was worried about her being alone on holidays, so I brought her mooncakes on the Moon Festival on August 15 and sticky rice dumplings on Dragon Boat Festival in May. I always greeted her warmly when I saw her. She is healthy and energetic now. She still works even though she’s in her 70s.
Ms. Liu on the second floor spent 70 yuan buying a pair of shoes online. The shoes didn’t fit her, but they were not refundable. She was upset. The neighbor on the third floor suggested that she sell the pair of shoes to me. They knew that I would not mind being taken advantage of. Ms. Liu brought me the shoes to see if they fit me. I asked what size they were and I gave her the money. I put her at ease this way.
Everyone helps themselves to the Chinese toon tree in my yard. My neighbors harvested the young shoots without asking my permission.
I behave according to Falun Dafa’s principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and treat my neighbors kindly. I give them truth-clarifying calendars, posters, and the latest pamphlets.
My Husband Is Blessed
There was a hole in the sewer and the dirty water drained into the well and our unit. The water meter inspector told me about this issue but the water company didn’t take care of it. The neighbors also mentioned it. Some said the community center should take care of it. People just talked, but no one did anything.
I worried about the neighbors drinking polluted water. The various departments kept passing the buck, and the issue was never resolved. The problem was the result of the Tofu-dreg project (shoddy construction). I discussed it with my husband. I said, “I will spend 200 yuan to buy cement and sand. How about we fix the issue?” He said, “No one is concerned. You don’t need to worry about it. The job will be dirty and tiring. Who is willing to do such a job?” I said, “The dirty water keeps increasing as it flows to the well. Everyone, including us, is drinking polluted water.”
Influenced by the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, my husband assumed this responsibility. He rode his bicycle to the shop and bought cement, sand, and picked up some bricks from somewhere, and got things ready to repair the well. The neighbors were moved and came to help. My husband went inside the well to drain the dirty water. The well was smelly and dirty and full of mosquitoes. It was a hard job. He sealed the hole with bricks, cement and sand, and then bricked up the well again. He worked the entire day. He then contacted the boss of a demolition company and got a secondhand iron lid to replace the deteriorated one. The neighbors helped put the lid in place. Finally the work was done.
My husband introduced the boss of the demolition company to me. I said, “Thank you.” I clarified the truth to him and helped him withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations.
Later, we renovated a small unit. The boss of the demolition company came to help us with the tools, sand, and cement. My husband and I invited him and the boss of the renovation company to dinner. I clarified the truth to them again while we ate. I gave them amulets and USBs on which I’d downloaded information about Falun Dafa. They both said I was a good person.
When my husband cleaned the well, he was bitten by mosquitoes and the bites were painful and itchy. Yet he was blessed for his hard work. He used to have back and leg pain and he walked with a slight limp. Now he walks briskly. He wanted to travel to Xian. Our daughter made it possible by paying for the trip.
Trip to Our Hometown on the Qingming Festival
My husband has seven siblings. Four are over 90 years old. The youngest is in his 70s. All of them can look after themselves. We go to our hometown to sweep the tombs on the Qingming Festival. I go there to clarify the truth to people.
I start preparing gifts one week before the festival. I bought milk, drinks, snacks, fruits, and clothes. My husband bought paper money and a paper chicken. Our car was full of gifts. I bought some local fruits as well. Of course I brought many Falun Dafa pamphlets and amulets.
My husband’s second and third brothers and his nephews were waiting outside when we arrived. I greeted them and put the ritual offerings inside their tricycle and sent them off to sweep the tombs. I brought a bucket of fruit and some pamphlets to visit the neighbor of the third brother. I greeted him and gave him the gift. I said, “I bring you some gifts. Please read the pamphlets when you have time. The world is chaotic, but Falun Dafa offers hope.” The neighbor had previously quit the CCP and he thanked me.
The wife of the third brother was waiting outside for me. I gave her many gifts. She and her daughter were very happy. I then fried fish in the kitchen. They loved it and said I had a good heart. They said that I thought of everyone and spent a lot of money buying so many good gifts for them.
My second and third sisters-in-law were sick two years ago. My second sister-in-law had to use crutches. My third sister-in-law had back and leg pain. Her husband cooked for the family. Now the second sister-in-law no longer uses crutches. The third sister-in-law no longer had leg pain and her back became straight, and she could do the cooking again.
My husband told his brother and nephews about the news he saw on NTDTV. They said they never heard such news. Everyone was happy and the atmosphere was harmonious.
I went to see my 94-year-old auntie in the nearby village after dinner. She was healthy and still cooked for herself. Her daughter came to see her mother as well. The daughter said to me, “Auntie, you look so young.” I said, “I practice Falun Dafa.” I gave her a pamphlet and a beautiful amulet. I gave my auntie gifts and money as well as pamphlets and an amulet. Her eyesight and hearing were still sharp. She said, “My relatives took the amulets and the little gourd you gave me last year.” I said, “This time I’ll give you two. Whoever wants can take one.”
Final Remarks
I am walking on the bright golden path to return to my true self, step by step. Master has compassionately protected me and strengthened me all the way. Falun Dafa bestows immense grace upon sentient beings. No words could ever describe how wonderful Falun Dafa is!
(Selected submission in celebration of 2026 World Falun Dafa Day on Minghui.org)
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