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A "Fortunate" Encounter By Guangren
(Clearwisdom.net)
This is a true story that happened to me.
On the morning of January 25, 2003, I drove to a street corner in a town and
suddenly saw a three-wheeler standing on the left side of the road. I turned to
the right in a hurry, trying to go around the three-wheeler. Unexpectedly, due
to my oversteering, I drove too far to the right, and people on both
sidewalks shouted out, "You have hit and killed someone!" I stopped quickly, got
out of my car, and saw an old man lying on the ground with his cap thrown more
than two meters away. The front wheel of my car had rolled over his right ankle.
Seeing this, I was scared and shaking. I felt an explosion in my head and almost
fainted, "I have brought a disaster!" I stared at the old man and didn't know
what to do. The onlookers said, "Why are you standing there, send him to the
hospital for emergency treatment!" As if awakening from a dream, I went up to
the old man. He waved his hand and said, "Nothing wrong with me, I don't want to
go to hospital."
Squatting down, I asked the man, "Sir, let me carry you to the hospital for a
physical examination." "I am serious, there is nothing wrong with me," saying
this, he sat up and said, "I don't need you to carry me, I can walk." "No, you
must be taken to a hospital." A young man pulled up a three-wheeler taxi, put the
old man in it and we went to the hospital.
He was immediately examined by X-ray. The ankle was not hurt at all, with
only a bruise above the ankle and a small scrape that bled just a little. Upon
examination, there was no damage to his brain. Seeing the old man perfectly calm
and collected, completely free from worry, the doctor asked him, "Sir, how
old are you?" The old man answered, "Seventy-seven years old." "A miracle, a
real miracle!" the doctors exclaimed. "You may still take some medicine to take
good care of you."
"You see there is nothing wrong with me. Why should I take medicine?" Then
he turned back to me and said, "Don't worry. Just be careful in the future when
you are driving."
I went home to find many people already coming to ask about the incident. I
told them the "miracle." All of them felt happy for my luck. However, when I
calmed down to think about it, I felt heavy-hearted, worrying that it may not be
so simple to get through it. Nowadays, many people try every possible way to
gain money, even by cheating and creating troubles from nothing. Where can one
find this kind of good thing and nice person in this world? The old man said he
doesn't want money, but nobody can guarantee his family members won't want
money. It probably was unavoidable to end up paying three or five thousand Yuan. My
wife and I didn't sleep well that night.
The next day, I was in no mood to drive my car. Having taken two thousand
Yuan and bought some eggs and fruit, my wife and I went to visit the old man,
thinking of winning the initiative by apologizing to the old man and spending a
little money to settle down the trouble.
Arriving at his house, I saw that it was full of people,
including his children, grandchildren, relatives and friends. Having seen us,
the old man was happy and stood up to welcome us, asking us to come in.
After we told him why we had come and tried to give him two thousand Yuan for
his medical expenses, the smile on the old man's face disappeared. He said, "You
young people are hard to handle. Look, am I not completely fine? Why should I
need treatment? I can accept this fruit to show my appreciation for your kind
heart. Other things should not be discussed. You two may stay here to have
dinner with us and we will be friends from now on."
I looked at the warm-hearted old man and at the people sitting around. Seeing
their cordial and amiable appearance, I was moved to tears. My wife and I bowed
to the old man, his wife and their relatives and said, "Old gentleman, you
really have good fortune!"
"It is you that really has good fortune!" said everyone to me with one voice.
"Me?" I was totally puzzled, looking at them in surprise.
"Do you know? He is a Falun Gong practitioner. You had met a good person, a Falun Gong practitioner. Isn't it you that really has such good fortune?"
"Falun Gong!" I looked up at the old man. "Oh, yes, Falun Gong is good!
People who practice Falun Gong are good people. I really do have good fortune, I
do! If I had met someone else other than this Falun Gong practitioner, wouldn't
I be a wreck right now?" We will not listen to the lies anymore. We know that Falun Gong is really
good. Posting date: 6/2/2003 |