(Clearwisdom.net) I began practicing Falun Dafa on October 2, 2004, at 3:30 p.m. I have been practicing for seven years. In the past I was always full of jealousy and hatred. My family life was one of discord and quarreling. At a young age, my husband had an affair. Since then, our quarrels were frequent and often became violent. There was no peace and quiet in our home. My in-laws always disliked me and treated me poorly. I used to feel so sad, and felt I had no reason to live. My husband was the oldest child in his home. Since my mother-in-law disliked him the most, we were kicked out of their home when my daughter was only a year old. My husband then went to see the village leader to ask if we could have a place to live, that we would pay him back later when we had the money. My husband was in tears, and the village leader, seeing our predicament, sold us an abandoned three-room grass house for 500 yuan. It took us over five years to pay for this house. My in-laws became angry when they found out that we had a place to live. They treated my husband's siblings well. They bought a new house for the second son and built a new house for the third son. However, they were disturbed that we were doing fine on our own. I was bitter at the way they behaved toward us, and it made me hate them.
In 1994, my in-laws went to see the village leader to complain about us. They told him that we did not supplement their income. We were not aware that they even needed money. The village leader came to my home in the early morning to inquire about this. I told him that it was not that I didn't want to give them money. I said I had to sell more cucumbers before I had any money for them. I also explained that I did not know they needed money. The village leader left knowing the truth about the situation. When I went to the home of my in-laws to inquire about this, my father-in-law started to yell at me, cursing all my family. When I turned to leave, he tried to hit me with a large shovel. My brother-in-law was able to stop him, but he was knocked down. I went home and told my husband what happened. My husband was skeptical and went to find out for himself. Even before he arrived, my father-in-law had called his second son and daughter to come over. They surrounded my husband and beat him. After half an hour, my husband returned home with cuts and scrapes all over his face and body. I hated them, and would cry whenever they were talked about in my presence. I swore that I would not care for them anymore and that I would not allow my three children to talk to them.
For seven years, my family did not have anything to do with my in-laws. I then started to practice Falun Dafa.
In the fall of 2007, my mother-in-law's sister and brother said that she was too old to live alone, and she would need to live with one of her children and be taken care of. They called together all seven siblings to discuss whose family would take my mother-in-law. My mother-in-law disliked my family the most, so of course she did not want to live in our home. The third son and his wife also did not get along well with my mother-in-law. In front of all her seven children, my mother-in-law chose her second son, who was her favorite. She thought it would work out well, but the next day, the second son refused to let her move in. He said that his entire family disliked her and no longer wanted her in their home. His wife also said that she would rather die than have the old woman live with her. My mother-in-law then chose to live with her daughters, but none of her daughters wanted her.
After another round of discussion, she asked my husband. "No one will take me. Is it okay that I go to your home?" My husband came to me and asked what to do. I said it would be fine, because now I was a Falun Dafa practitioner.
Master said: "What is owed must be paid for." (Zhuan Falun)
Master also said:“Since it’s cultivation, nothing on our path of cultivation is coincidental.” (“Teaching the Fa at the Conference in New Zealand”)
In the past, she mistreated me. Perhaps it was because I owed her (this was my thought at that time), and now I can take care of her.
A month later, my mother-in-law came to live with us. My mother-in-law never liked my husband, and he had a bad temper. The two of them began fighting frequently, and I became the mediator.
My mother-in-law suffered health problems that always peaked during the time of the Chinese New Year. During the first Chinese New Year she spent in my home, she felt unwell again. She went to see someone who practiced witchcraft. My husband, who was a non-practitioner, criticized her. He said, "This is a place of Falun Dafa exercise—you should not go to a witch. If you dislike my beliefs, you can leave." My mother-in-law wept and said that she had nowhere to go. I calmed her down and told her to stay, since I too had a say in the decisions here. I convinced my husband that no matter what happened in the past, she is here with us now and we needed to treat her well.
When the villagers first heard that my mother-in-law was going to come live with us, they all predicted that it would not work out and we would insist that she leave. Several years have passed, and my mother-in-law is doing fine with us. She is healthy and has gained some much needed weight.
The village leader came to my home on business. When he saw my mother-in-law, he told her that it was because I practiced Falun Dafa that she was able to move in with us and be treated so well. Many villages remarked that she was very lucky to live with us. One villager even asked fellow practitioners to teach their daughter-in-law the practice of Falun Dafa.
The word spread among the villagers. They all knew that Falun Dafa was good, which laid down a good foundation for the truth-clarification that I did later. In the past, my husband's siblings did not get along with us. Now they all say, “Our sister-in-law changed totally.” They all know the benefits of Falun Dafa and quit the CCP. Four of them already have copies of Zhuan Falun and MP3 players and have begun to learn Falun Dafa at home.
All of this is because of Dafa. I know that I am still far short of Master's requirements. I will be more diligent in my cultivation. Finally, I sincerely hope that everyone in the world will know that Falun Dafa is good.
Category: Improving Oneself
