A "Fortunate" Encounter

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, so as to try and go avoid the three-wheeler. Unexpectedly, due to my oversteering, I drove to too far to the right, and people who were stood 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. Upon 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 approached the old man. To my surprise he waved his hand at me and said, "Nothing is wrong with me, I don't want to go to hospital."

I squatted down and asked the elderly man, "Sir, let me carry you to the hospital so that you can undergo a physical examination." He then replied, "I am serious, there is nothing wrong with me," he then sat up and said, "I don't need you to carry me, I can walk." "No, you must be sent to a hospital." A young man pulled up a three-wheeler taxi, put the old man on it and we went to the hospital.

As soon as he arrived he was X-rayed. The ankle that had been run over wasn't damaged at all, with only a bruise above the ankle and a small scrape that bled just a little. Upon examination, the doctors verified that there was no damage to his brain. Seeing the old man perfectly calm and collected and 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 need to take some medicine to ensure your good health."

"You can see with your own eyes that there is nothing wrong with me, why should I take any medicine?" Then he turned back to face me and said, "Don't worry. Just be more careful when you are driving from now on."

I arrived home to find that many people had already come to enquire about the incident. I told them about 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 as it seems to pass through this incident. Nowadays, many people try every possible way to gain money, even by cheating and creating troubles from nothing. Where can one find a man of such virtue who is able to treat such an incident in this way? The elderly man told me that he doesn't want any money, but nobody can guarantee that his family members won't want any money. It probably was unavoidable to have to pay up to three or five thousand Yuan to cover such a thing. 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 apologising to the old man and spending a little money to settle the trouble that I may have caused.

Upon arriving at his house, I saw that his house 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 and inviting us to come in.

After we told him why we had come and then tried to give him two thousand Yuan to cover his medical expenses, the smile on the old man's face disappeared. He said, "You young people are hard to handle these days. Look, am I not completely fine? Why should I need any treatment? I can accept this fruit to show my appreciation for your kind heart. After that there is no need to talk about this again. 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!"

All the nice people in the room said, "It is you that really has the good fortune!".

"Me?" I was totally puzzled, looking at them in surprise.

"Do you know? He is a Falun Gong practitioner. You have met a good person who practises Falun Gong, is it not really because you have good fortune?"

"Falun Gong!" I then looked up at the old man. "Oh, yes, Falun Gong is good! People who practise Falun Gong are all 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 and propaganda anymore. We now know that Falun Gong is truly good.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2003/5/19/50651.html