Singing "Coming For You" to the Chinese Owner of a Toronto Clothing Shop

By A Western Practitioner

(Clearwisdom.net) I would just like to share an incident that happened to me on January 8^th of this year. Some western practitioners in Toronto were going to be singing the song "Coming For You" (Wei Ni Er Lai) at a New Year Gala at the Toronto Convention Centre on January 10th. We had been practising for about a month and sounded quite good, I thought, except for me. Although I had sung in a choir as a child and performed onstage as a young adult, I had not sung for many years. My voice had gone from soprano to an untrained alto. I could not carry a tune. But this was for Dafa, for the precious Chinese people. So I volunteered.

My experience occurred on January 8^th while I was shopping for part of the costume I would wear in the concert. All the ladies were going to wear colourful shawls or scarves. Since I didn't have one I had to go shopping. It was in the small shop that it happened. The storeowner was a Chinese lady from the Mainland. While she was helping me I told her about the concert and she was quite intrigued. So right there in the middle of the store in the middle of the afternoon without really worrying what I would sound like, I sang the song "Coming for You" for her.

She looked more than a little surprised and at the same time rather pleased. I knew I had done a pretty good job at my pronunciation because she asked me if I had just memorised the words or did I know what I was actually singing. I told her what the song was about and that I felt the Chinese people are very precious. I told her that I am a Falun Gong practitioner and only want the best for her, her homeland and really everyone in the world. She stood there motionless, and I think, speechless. By this time I had picked out my shawl and paid for it. In Chinese I thanked her and wished her a Happy New Year and left.

I am a person who really avoids being at the centre of attention. I have never written an experience sharing before nor have I ever made a speech at a Fahui. And yet there in that store it seemed so right. It felt like the most natural thing to do. I know Master was watching and helped me sing well.

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