(Clearwisdom.net) I want to wish Master a Happy 60th Birthday.
Born into a Suffering Family
I was born to a peasant family in northeast China. I had six siblings. Since I was a little girl, I helped my parents take care of my siblings and thus suffered a lot of hardships. My alcoholic father had a very bad temper. My parents often fought with each other, and sometimes my father even beat my mother. Because of their non-stop fighting and quarreling over the years, I lived in fear and almost had a nervous breakdown.
Under such a family environment I became introverted. But my temper was bad, and I had very strong competitive mentality, jealousy and would not listen to different opinions. When I was twenty-two years old I got married. I thought I was able to escape from such a terrific family environment that made me live in fear and might have a happy life from then on. But I was wrong. The nightmare continued.
Karmic Relationship with My Husband's Family
Two months after I got married I learned that my husband was addicted to gambling. He came home late every night. Sometimes, even if he didn't go to gambling, I still found excuses to fight with him. I thought my mother suffered so much in her entire lifetime that I wouldn't let myself suffer again. As a result, I fought about everything with my husband and never gave in. I became more and more imperious and absurd. Meanwhile, my health became worse and worse and I began to have insomnia.
My parents-in-law were unhappy about my deteriorating relationship with my husband. My sister-in-law often provoked arguments between my mother-in-law and me, and she also instigated my husband to divorce me. Later on we had two daughters; the whole family disliked them. My husband didn't like his daughters either and always came home late.
In August 1998, when my younger daughter was eight months old, my husband had a car accident when he was riding a motorcycle. He was diagnosed with paraplegia. None of his siblings wanted to take care of him. During the five months he was in the hospital I took really good care of him.
By the end of the sixth month, I had used up all of our money. My husband hadn't gotten any better, so he had to leave the hospital. When we came back home the house was in a big mess.
My husband couldn't move by himself. I also had to take care of our two young children. No one helped me. My health was extremely bad at that time. In order to take care of my husband and children I quit my job as a teacher and stayed at home.
Resolving My Mother-in-law's Resentment Compassionately
May 7, 1996 was the turning point of my life. That day I began to practice Falun Dafa. All the hatred and resentment accumulated in my heart in the past thirty years finally dissipated. I experienced the sanctity and beauty of Dafa.
One day a month after I began practicing Dafa, my younger daughter was crying. I took her to the yard behind the house. While I was squatting down to talk to her, I suddenly felt something about to hit me. A magical force lifted my arm to protect my head. Then a heavy concrete block hit my arm. The block cut my arm and fell heavily to the ground, creating a hole. The person who stood behind me and had thrown the concrete block at me was my mother-in-law. If it had not been for that magical force helping me, perhaps I would have died! Seeing her wicked-looking face, I wanted to argue with her. But then I remembered the principle Master taught us in Zhuan Falun: “As practitioners, you won’t fight back when you’re beaten or sworn at.” I withheld my anger and ran back to my room.
I told other practitioners about this and they said I should be kind to her and not bear a grudge. I knew Master had protected me to pass this tribulation, so I should follow Master's teaching and not to fight with her.
After I studied the Fa at the practice site I went back home happily. When I arrived at home they all got ready to fight with me. But when they saw that I acted like nothing had happened, they were clearly surprised. I smiled at them and said: “Forget about it, and have a good rest.”
My Sister-in-law Is Grateful for Dafa
In the past, my younger sister-in-law used to work in our restaurant. She often came in late and left early. She didn't work much. Sometimes she stole the food and other things from the restaurant. I didn't blame her for anything. After I started practicing Falun Dafa, my heart became peaceful and tolerant.
Whenever I had time I studied the Fa to prevent me from thinking about things in everyday life. As I read Zhuan Falun more and more, I understood many principles from the Fa and felt surrounded by a strong energy field all the time. I didn't have any anger or hatred in me. I just felt so happy and often smiled. This way my health became better and better, and the symptom of insomnia also gradually disappeared.
In May 1997, the younger sister-in-law and her husband divorced. I took her to my house. I knew she was selfish, but Master taught us Dafa disciples to be kind to other people. I shouldn't leave her alone and let her become homeless.
Later on, her diabetes almost made her blind. Both of her feet became ulcerated, and it was very difficult for her to walk. When I had time I helped her clean the house and do as much as possible for her. She felt so grateful for Dafa from the bottom of her heart!
My Father-in-law Expressed His Regret
At that time my father-in-law was in his eighties. His health was poor he had to be hospitalized two or three times a year. For each of his hospital stays I was the only one who got money for him to pay the medical fees. In the daytime I was busy with the work in the restaurant; during my lunch time I went to the hospital to deliver fresh, hot food for him. Sometimes at night I stayed at the hospital to take care of him. Sometimes I couldn't sleep at all in several days.
The doctors and nurses all thought I was his daughter because I frequently went there to nurse him. At one time after I delivered the food I helped him change his underclothes. When the doctor saw it he said to my father-in-law, “Among all of your children, seems like only she is your own daughter. All the others just come and hang around, and when the time is up, they just leave. But with such a nice daughter, you are so lucky!”
In the last few days before he died he often cried and he said to me, “I really didn't expect that after you started practicing Falun Gong. You changed your attitude completely toward your husband and daughters. You've been taking care of them all the time. You've sacrificed so much for this family!” In the end he asked his two granddaughters to his bed and asked them to respect me and treat me well.
My Mother-in-law Passed Away Peacefully with Suffering
The communist party started to persecute Falun Gong in July 1999. Knowing that I firmly believe in Dafa and don't give up practicing cultivation, the police officers wanted to arrest me. When they came to my house to arrest me, my mother-in-law vehemently protected me. She just wouldn't let them take me. No matter what the police said, my mother-in-law and my husband didn't listen. They kept telling the police that there isn't anything wrong with me in believing in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. They had a stalemate with the police for four hours. No matter how the head of the police department and 610 Office threatened them, my family members just surrounded me and didn't let them touch me. They were so determined to protect me, even if it was at the risk of their lives. In the end, the many police officers had to leave my house in disgrace.
My mother-in-law had a heart attack sitting down and died. She didn't suffer any pain. Our neighbors said, “She must have done something very good and accumulated a lot of virtue.”
Our Neighbors Are Healthy and Have a Booming Business As a Result of Understanding the Truth
We have very good relationships with our neighbors. In the past few years, when the police officers or people from the neighborhood office demanded to know if they knew any one who practices Falun Gong, they would tell the officers to leave and declined they knew any practitioners. Because they all proactively protected Dafa practitioners, Dafa blessed them with good health and a booming business.
The Light of the Fa Shone on My Husband
Before I began practicing Falun Dafa, my husband couldn't sit nor could he get out of bed after his motorcycle accident. After I started cultivation practice, however, he could gradually sit up and get out of bed. One day in the spring of 2008 he was hit by a mini car. The hit ruined his wheel chair, but he was uninjured. The driver got out of the car and came to us very nervously. He didn't know what to do. I walked to my husband and said to him, “You'll be alright, Master will protect us. We can't find fault with the driver.” He nodded his head and said, “No problem!”
Then I turned around and said to the driver, “I'm going to repair the wheelchair. Can you take him back home in your mini car?” The driver said, “We'd better go to the hospital.” I told him, “He's fine; just take him back. Remember 'Falun Dafa is good;” if you recite that sentence sincerely, you'll be blessed.” The driver nodded his head while reciting, “Falun Dafa is good” with tears in his eyes.
In the past my husband didn't like our daughters. But now he often asks them to help me with housework. Although he is a paraplegic, he went out everyday before dawn in his wheelchair to buy groceries for our restaurant, just to let me have some time to study the Fa and do the exercises. In the winter time it's the hardest for him. Because the blood circulation in his legs and feet was bad, his feet and legs remained cold all the time. Before he went out he wrapped his legs with layers of plastic sheets. Because his limbs were out of commission, it usually took him more than twenty minutes every morning to put on his clothes. But despite all the difficulties, he persisted in doing these without complaint, year after year.
Not only that. Sometimes, he went out with me in his wheelchair to hang up truth-clarification banners. He also helped me with other truth-clarifying works. Many times he just went out by himself to distribute truth-clarification DVDs and flyers.
The “Falun Dafa is Good” Restaurant
In order to support all the five people in my family I managed our small restaurant by myself. No matter who came to the restaurant, I took the chance to clarify the truth to them. As time went by I put the “Falun Dafa is good” message on the wall, to let guest see it. People who often came to our restaurant would clarify the truth to each other. They talked about my family's story and told the new guests about it. Sometimes when they asked other people to come to our restaurant to have dinner they just said on the phone, “Come and have dinner at the “Falun Dafa is good” place.”
After I took over the restaurant, business was booming. I hired two servers to help me. This way I would have more time to clarify the truth to people and tell them about the beauty of Dafa.
Right now, both of my daughters have graduated from college and started to work. My husband's health is good; our business is also good. We are a really happy family now!
My family is grateful for Master and Falun Dafa. Here, at the time of Master's 60th birthday, I want to wish Master Happy Birthday. And I sincerely hope all the people can understand the beauty of Falun Dafa and benefit from it.
Thanks, Master! Thanks, Dafa!
