(Minghui.org) I am 50 years old. I began to practice Falun Dafa at the end of 1997 while still a farmer.
My life was very difficult before I began my practice. I suffered from many illnesses including asthma, vertigo and stomach ailments. My in-laws did not like me and often gave me a hard time. They would even curse me and beat me.
Falun Dafa solved the puzzles in my life and gave me new hope. I understood all my suffering was caused by karma accumulated from my past lives. I forgave my in-laws and treated them with the utmost respect.
When I first listened to Master Li's lectures (the founder of Falun Dafa), immediately Master began to cleanse my body. In less than a month, all my illnesses were gone. It was such a relief to not have any illness. I was full of energy. I never felt tired regardless of how much I labored.
With society morally corrupt, my husband was among the fallen. He often went to bars after work. I discovered he was seeing another woman. With kindness I tried to persuade him to change his behavior. He would not listen to me. He then just stopped coming home. We ended up getting a divorce. After the divorce I lived with my son and daughter.
Because of the divorce, the land I had shared with my now former in-laws had to be divided. It was early summer. The crop was just about a foot tall. Some areas were doing much better than others. My former in-laws were certain I would ask for the portion of land with the best looking crops, but that was not so. I let them choose first and they took the better looking parcel.
The crops on my land were struggling but I did not complain. I wanted to follow what Master told us and I was not going to fight with others for personal gain.
Just a few days later I experienced a miracle. My crops began to thrive and grow strong, and they were now much taller than my ex in-law's crop. The difference was obvious even from a distance. I had a great harvest in the fall.
I had a similar experience with the beet fields. They took the flat field and left me the hillside where the rain could not adequately water them. The seedlings on the hillside were struggling. However in the fall the driver I hired told me, "I have been to many farms. No one has beets as good as yours."
Falun Dafa taught me to consider others first. By doing so, I did not lose anything materially. It was Master's mercy and encouragement for me.
When I was about to go out of town for work I was told a new director was assigned to the local police station. I heard that this person often arrested practitioners and ransacked their homes. I thought: "This person was cheated by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). I cannot let him continue to commit crimes to Dafa and have his life destroyed. I must help him awaken before I leave."
I felt compassion in my heart. I wrote a letter to him. In the letter I told him the wonder of Dafa and the consequences of persecuting Dafa practitioners.
Later I found out that the police director changed after reading my letter. He stopped persecuting practitioners, and instead he started to help and protect them.
Once several practitioners were arrested by the county police, and the police director helped to get the practitioners released. Another time, when he heard police from the county 610 office would come to our town to arrest practitioners, he notified local practitioners first.
Under Master's mercy and practitioners' compassion, this life was saved.
I was hired by a high-class hotel. I followed the principles of Truthfulness- Compassion-Forbearance, and I kept a heart of compassion. When no one wanted to do a difficult or dirty job I stepped up and did it. I cleaned floors and walls so they shined and looked good as new. I also scraped all the toilet bowls clean.
The hotel owner noticed my hard work watching me on the cameras throughout the hotel. She wondered why I was working so hard and asked if I was being bullied by someone. I told her I was not being forced to do extra work and that I had volunteered to do it willingly.
It was well known that the waiters did not like cleaning up after a wedding banquet because it was such a big job. So I volunteered to do it every time. Later the hotel incorporated a new rule that said every waiter/waitress would get two yuan for each table cleaned. Then they all fought for the work so I gave up doing it so they could earn the extra money. When the mop broke I bought a new nice one with my own money. The hotel owner was touched.
Several months later, it was clear that everyone at the hotel liked me. I used every opportunity to tell them the truth about Dafa, the lies that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had spread about Falun Gong, and why it is so important to quit the CCP.
The hotel owner happily quit the CCP. She said: "We need more people like you. You go ahead and tell more people." She even gave me a promotion. And she talked to me whenever she had a problem. Understanding the truth, she was blessed. She was at an advanced stage of cancer before. Now after a few years her health improved.
I also wanted to awaken the hotel owner's husband who was a police commissioner. At first I had trouble finding an opportunity to talk to him. I was trying to think of how I could do this when I was asked to clean their home three times a month.
When I first began my cleaning at the hotel owner's home, it was obvious her mother did not trust me and so monitored me frequently. Finally the hotel owner noticed and told her mother that I was an excellent person and not to watch me any longer. I earned their trust and was able to get a chance to talk to her husband. I brought him Dafa booklets and answered some of his questions. He quit the CCP after he understood the truth.
I have been working at the hotel for more than two years. Almost all – nearly a hundred - of the hotel leaders and employees came to understand the truth and quit the CCP. During the economic depression, most hotels were not doing well. But our hotel's business kept growing. I knew it was a reward for people who understood the truth.
At work, I have opportunities to always see new people. I treasure every opportunity to awaken more people. Falun Dafa changed me as well as the people around me. It has brought bright futures to many people. I will continue to cultivate compassion, always think of others, and bring the goodness of Dafa to more people.