[Celebrating World Falun Dafa Day] My Nieces Are Blessed Because They Respect Falun Dafa

(Minghui.org) My family is gratefully celebrating the 26th annual World Falun Dafa Day. Although my two nieces are not Dafa practitioners, they appreciate the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and are kind to practitioners, and thus they are blessed.

My Older Niece Has a Positive Attitude Towards Dafa

My older niece Xiaoyu lived with my mother and me before she was nine, so she knew that Dafa is a good practice. When my mother recited “Lunyu” from Zhuan Falun, Xiaoyu read the text and made sure my mother did not make mistakes. She read “Lunyu” as many times as my mother recited it. She cheerfully told my mother, “Grandma, I memorized it before you did.”

After that, Xiaoyu could easily memorize portions of her school textbooks. Her parents never worried about her studies ever since she was in first grade. She is a graduate school student now, and has a good understanding of liberal arts and the sciences.

Xiaoyu truly values Falun Dafa. When she was little, she often helped us fold Dafa truth-clarification fliers after finishing her homework on the weekends. While folding the fliers with her little hands, she said, “I love doing the things that practitioners do.”

I sometimes took her with me to distribute Dafa materials in the city in the evenings. She carried a small schoolbag filled with materials, and helped me hang them on the door handles of people’s homes.

We left Xiaoyu at home when we distributed materials in the evenings at villages that were far away. I usually reminded her, “Xiaoyu, we’re going to the countryside to deliver materials. Master’s Fashen (law body) will protect you, so don’t be afraid.”

She always replied, “I know. Go ahead, and I’ll wait for you to return.”

Perhaps because of Master’s protection, Xiaoyu was never afraid of being alone. She lived alone for two years at a resort to prepare for the college entrance exam. There were dozens of empty rooms in the building, and she was the only one there, other than the security guard. She said, “I don’t know what ‘fear’ feels like. Living alone is nice and quiet, and benefits my study.”

Xiaoyu is now studying for a master’s degree in accounting. While preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination, she also passed the CPA test. After six months of graduate study, she got her CPA diploma. Her family was happy for her. She said, “When I was in college, the student union was recruiting students to become Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members, and offered employment upon graduation as an incentive. My first thought was to turn down the offer.”

At the graduate school, 30 out of 32 students in the accounting department were recruited to become Party members, with preferential hiring as an incentive. Xiaoyu didn’t even consider it and refused to join the Party. She often said, “Party Member is a disgraceful title, especially in the international community. Many developed countries see the CCP as a symbol of corruption, despotism, dictatorship, and deceit. A Party member will only be ridiculed and looked down upon.”

Xiaoyu is an excellent student and clearly sees the problems in today’s society.

Her mentor teacher is talented and upright. She did not ostracize Xiaoyu for not joining the Party. On the contrary, she thinks highly of Xiaoyu, and often engages her in discussing in-depth topics. Xiaoyu’s classmates often ask her to help them with their studies.

My Younger Niece Respects Dafa

My brother’s family welcomed the birth of their little daughter, Xiaolian, thirteen years ago. Xiaolian is smart and sensible. She had an accident when she was three, and consequently developed the most severe type of epilepsy, and the seizures made her eyes become distorted.

My brother and sister-in-law took Xiaolian to Beijing for treatment. The doctor told them the possible result of the treatment, and took them to see a patient with the same condition as Xiaolian. The doctor thought this could be Xiaolian’s future condition.

The patient was 18 years old and also had epilepsy since he was three. He had been hospitalized for fifteen years, and had terrible seizures if he didn’t take his medication. But after taking the medication for a long time, the patient became cognitively impaired. The medicine also caused obesity and made him physically disabled.

My brother cried after leaving the ward. He couldn’t face the fact that his innocent and lovely daughter would become like that in the future. After calming down, he called my mother and me, and told us what the doctor said.

We both said, “Since the doctors can’t do much, it would be better to bring the child home. As long as your family sincerely recites ‘Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,’ she will get better.”

The next day, my brother and his wife brought Xiaolian to us. My mother told Xiaolian, “Remember ‘Falun Dafa is good and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.’ Be a kind and good child, and Master will protect you.”

Xiaolian didn’t have epileptic seizures since that day, and her eyes became normal again.

Whenever the 3-year-old Xiaolian came to our house, the first thing she did was to kowtow to Master. Then she put her hands together, knelt in front of Master’s photo, and said, “Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good! Greetings, Master!”

Xiaolian always brought three gifts when she visited us. She held the gifts with her little hands and reminded us, “This one is for Master, this one is for Grandma, and this is one for Auntie.” And she made sure we knew who the gifts were for, even if they were pieces of candy.

She was so innocent and pure. When she was four, she took out the Chinese New Year money her parents gave her, and gave Grandma the money to buy fruits and offered them to Master.

While she was growing up, Xiaolian remembered Master’s birthday every year. She reminded herself a few days before May 13 that Master’s birthday was approaching. She knows that “513,” World Falun Dafa Day is the most important day in our family. When she comes home from school on May 13, Xiaolian washes her hands first, then burns incense and says, “Happy birthday, revered Master!”

Xiaolian is now 13, and is her teachers’ favorite little helper. She is a good student, and has a good memory. She can memorize and recite the English, modern Chinese, and classical Chinese texts assigned to her in front of the class or even the whole school after reading the texts several times. She is not afraid of speaking in front of people.

Xiaolian’s teachers, from kindergarten to middle school, often told her parents, “It would make our lives easier if we could have more students like Xiaolian.”

During the COVID pandemic, her teacher said, “Xiaolian is excellent in all aspects, including her health. When most students requested a leave of absence to stay home, she walked the students to the school entrance and handed them to their parents. Somehow she didn’t get infected by the virus.”

Xiaolian is not only good at school work, but also has vast knowledge of extracurricular topics. Children nowadays are addicted to their mobile phones and video games, but Xiaolian enjoys learning about history. She is also good at crafts. She was familiar with the historical figures in the “Three Kingdoms” when she was in sixth grade, and knew her favorite characters by heart. The characters came to life through her vivid description, and her classmates enjoyed listening to the stories during the class breaks.

Looking at Xiaolian now, I thought about the doctor’s diagnosis ten years ago. The family put their faith in Dafa, often recited “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,” and didn’t seek any medical treatment for her. The improvement in her health and overall condition is not something medical experts can explain.

My brother said, “I look forward to the day when the truth about Falun Dafa is revealed to the world.”

Although my two nieces don’t practice Falun Dafa, they respect Master and admire Dafa. Therefore, they are protected by Dafa.

My sister-in-law embroidered the characters “Truthfulness-Compassion- Forbearance” in yellow on a red cloth measuring 6 by 2 feet for my new home. She embroidered the words “Truthfulness-Compassion- Forbearance” in the center and a lotus flower on each side, and placed it in a gold frame. My brother and she came to my house and hung it in the living room.

Although my brother and his family don’t practice Falun Dafa, they understand that Master came to guide people to walk the right path, and that Dafa is the upright cultivation practice.

My brother once traveled to another city and met a practitioner who talked to him about Dafa. He held the practitioner’s hands and said, “You met the right person. Everyone in my family, except myself, is a practitioner. I am looking forward to the day when the truth is revealed to the world! You have worked hard! You are all amazing!”

My mother, my brother and his family, and myself celebrate World Falun Dafa Day every May 13. We are so fortunate to be immersed in the grace of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance!

(Selected submission in celebration of World Falun Dafa Day on Minghui.org)