(Minghui.org) I am the only girl in my family, and I have two brothers. Everyone took extra good care of me because I was sick a lot when I was a child. Even though I was pampered and loved, I was not a very happy child. I usually didn’t feel well, which also affected my mood.
When I grew up, I developed neck and shoulder pain, my hands and feet were always cold due to poor circulation, and I had migraine headaches. I went for all sorts of treatments, but they only lasted a few days. I caught the cold and flu all year long, which affected my education and later my job.
When I got married, my husband took great care of me. We lived with his parents, who took care of everything, even cooking three meals a day for us. I should have been grateful, but everything bothered me: their voices were too loud, the household was messy, and so on. It was a sharp contrast to my mother's home, where everything was in its place, clean and organized. I had a hard time adjusting.
Each day after work, I struggled with myself: Which home I should go to?
I eventually realized that I should not go to my mother’s so often because one of my brothers had gotten married and lived at home with my parents, so it was very crowded.
I got more depressed and irritable when I came home and saw a messy house. There were clothes, hats, and gloves everywhere in the bedroom. The kitchen sink was loaded with dirty plates, cups, and cookware; there were vegetables in the hallway on the floor.
If my house was a mess, I just had to clean it up before I could do anything else. Whenever I came home and saw my in-laws watching TV and smoking and the house a disaster zone, I would put everything down and start cleaning. The more I cleaned, the more irritable I felt. How could they live in that mess—how uncivilized, how unsanitary!
They could tell that I was upset, but they were afraid to ask what was wrong. They did not want to upset me, but they did not know how to please me. I hardly said a word, which I know must have really upset them.
After I began to practice Falun Dafa, things changed big time. My aches and pains disappeared, and my energy improved. I understood the meaning of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and I began to think of others.
Looking at my behavior, I could see that I was very selfish, that I only focused on how I felt and never considered how anyone else might feel. When I started to follow the principles, I accepted my in-laws and their habits, and appreciated their generosity.
I began to help out as soon as I got home from work, cleaning, cooking, and organizing. My mother-in-law praised me, “Nobody can compare when you clean. It is awesome!”
I enjoy my in-laws very much now. I’ve learned to respect them and to show my appreciation for all that they do. I often take them out to shop for their clothes and things they like to eat.
My entire family is delighted by how I have changed. My in-laws commented that Falun Dafa must be good to have turned their daughter-in-law into a sweet person.
In fact, they were so impressed that most of them now practice Falun Dafa, including my mother-in-law, my husband, his sister, and his brother-in-law.
Falun Dafa is a true system of cultivation that provides salvation. I sincerely hope that more and more people will learn the facts about Falun Dafa and not be deceived by the Communist propaganda so that they can benefit from it like I do.