PureInsight | August 2, 2004
[PureInsight.org] The drizzle from Florida's summer rain dropped gently as I walked to the laundry room. Summer rain never seemed as wonderful and soothing as it did on this particular day, maybe because I was shifting residence, and it was my "day off" from everyday work and working on Dafa projects.
As my hair and clothes got wet, I realized once again how wonderful and rich nature's glorious tapestry was.
I used to enjoy watching and playing in the rain when I was an innocent young kid growing up in my ancestral home in south India. However, as I grew up into a youth in a society filled with modern day temptations, the simple pleasures of life seemed to lose their meaning. I took more delight in material and temporal temptations. I lost the simple happiness I felt when I reveled in summer rain; I lost the innocent elation I felt when the raindrops tickled my ears.
I was fortunate to obtain the Fa towards the end of 2001. Since then, I have changed inside out. Even though there were times when hardships piled on me one after another; even though there were times when I stumbled, wavered and even fell face down; even though there were times when I lost my temper or gave in to material temptation, cultivating in Dafa has made me kinder; it has enabled me to regain the lost innocence of my childhood.
I now understand the sweetness of gentle rain; the beauty of the silent and pretty flowers; the silent strength of the grand mountains; and most importantly, the peace that comes with a pure and kind heart that Dafa has enabled me to attain.
Watching the rain falling gently on the lawn outside the laundry room, I felt that every sentient being deserved a chance to feel this way; every sentient being deserved a chance to feel the beauty and peace that is made possible through the blessings of Dafa.
As I closed the dryer, I silently thought to myself that I should, indeed, do my best to help sentient beings learn the truth about Falun Gong, and obtain the blessings that come from establishing righteous thoughts towards the Fa-rectification.
Walking back towards my home, I felt elated as I looked forward to the day when spring would come to the human world and plum blossoms would blossom everywhere.
