PureInsight | January 19, 2004
[PureInsight.org] A friend of mine told me about a watercraft museum in the UK whose collection included an unsinkable ship. He told me its history. After its maiden voyage, it crashed into icebergs 138 times, ran up on rocks 116 times, experienced fires 13 times and its mast was broken by storms 27 times. Despite these potentially catastrophic incidents, the ship survived every one and continued to brave the wind and the waves.
I learned a lot from the story. What a similarity between the ship and my cultivation! I have made mistakes again and again. But Master, with great compassion, gave me countless opportunities to improve. As long as cultivation doesn't end I still have chance to make up. Master said:
I don't like it when you blame yourselves, it's completely pointless. I'll just repeat what I said: If you've fallen don't just lie there, get up right away!
(From "Explaining the Fa During the 2003 Lantern Festival at the U.S. West Fa Conference") As long I can breathe, I will follow Dafa, cherish every opportunity and not let our Master down.
Translated from: http://www.zhengjian.org/zj/articles/2003/11/22/24598.html
