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A Bright Smile in the Chilly Wind
By Jane Huang
(Clearwisdom.net) It's getting colder daily in New York. While watching the pedestrians passing
me, Teacher's words flash through my mind many times, "...all the beings
have come for this Fa." ("Teaching the Fa at the 2003 Washington DC Fa
Conference") I think perhaps many of them are waiting for this chance to be
saved. Therefore, there was a sacred feeling filling my heart. I no longer felt
cold, but a warm happiness enveloped me. Tonight, after rushing as usual, I arrived at 7:05 p.m. at Lincoln Center. I
came to this spot every night for the past month to spread the news about
NTDTV's Spectacular show, so people with predestined relationships would hear
about it. Not only on Sunday evenings, but also on other evenings, there are
quite a few shows at the Lincoln Theater. There is the Metropolitan theater, New
York Ballet theater, Lincoln Center and many other theaters in the area. The
audiences who watch the shows are mostly from the Metropolitan New York area.
They represent the upper class of Western society. The 2007 Chinese New Year Spectacular sponsored by New Tang Dynasty TV will
be held in a theater here as well. Therefore, this place doesn't seem foreign to
me. Although I have been many to New York many times to participate in Falun
Dafa activities, I had never come to this place. This time I came across my old
friend Dalia from Israel. She is over 70 years old. Every time I come to New
York we run into each other, and then do Dafa work together. This time, she told
me about Lincoln Theater, "Now this place needs more people. Many people
come here, and even some Chinese people." A ridiculous show, sponsored by
the CCP is now playing at the Metropolitan Theater. It seems that Dalia always comes here by herself. She comes twice a day, once
in the morning and the other time in the afternoon. She came to New York to hand
out flyers to people, most of whom are dressed well and have good manners. At
the same time, she sends forth righteous thoughts. It took me no time to decide
to come with her in the evenings. All my thoughts are on saving sentient beings. When I said, "Chinese New Year Spectacular! Traditional! Authentic,
Chinese Culture!" time after time to passersby, I received positive
feedback from almost everyone. They tell me, "Wonderful! My daughter-in-law
is Chinese." A very elegant lady was delightedly surprised and said,
"My granddaughter is an adopted Chinese girl. I will pass this message to
her." A well-dressed gray haired woman put a flyer careful into her pocket
and said, "Well, I have many Chinese colleagues in my company, I hope that
they will go with me to see this show." There are many people, who after accepting the flyers ask some questions. They
are really curious, "What day is the Chinese New Year? What year is
it?" This demonstrated their interest in traditional Chinese culture. There
are some who walked by, then turned around and came back to accept a flyer.
There are very few Chinese people passing by, maybe less than 5%, but many of
them happily accept the flyer. The Chinese people who come to the Lincoln
Theater enjoy operas and ballets. They are a different kind of Chinese than the
Cantonese people you come across in Chinatown and people from Fujina Province. Within an hour, there were three people who told me that they would go and
see our New Year's show. A gray haired couple said that the entire family would
go to see our show, and they bought the tickets. A gentleman said that his wife
had a colleague who is also her good friend. This friend is a professor at
Harvard University and of Chinese origin. Therefore his wife bought the ticket
to celebrate the Chinese New Year with her friend. "That's great, then, how
about you?" I didn't want him to miss the chance. As soon as he heard what
I said he burst into laugh, "Of course I will go with them, I am her
husband!" A young man said that he would celebrate the Chinese New Year with his
girlfriend on February 14. This is the day when the first show was to be held.
It happens to also be Valentine 's Day. I almost forgot about that. What made tonight different than any of the other nights before was that I
didn't see any other fellow practitioners in this huge Lincoln Theater area. It
was as if I was the only person handing out flyers for the Spectacular. However
I felt very cheerful in my heart. A bright smile is lighting up my face. It melted the cold air. At the same
time, it melted away the distance which set people apart. One group after
another passed by me, and they all see the same scene. In the chilly wind, a
face with a bright smile is greeting them, telling them time after time
"Chinese New Year Spectacular, distinguished divine culture, perfect art
performance, a great opportunity you should not miss." They slowly smile
back at me and accept this special message, which conveys wonderful information. Unnoticed, I looked up. There was the moon smiling serenely from the sky
between the skyscrapers. I understood immediately -- Teacher was encouraging me.
Being a Dafa practitioner, at this final critical moment, being able to assist
the Teacher in rectifying the Fa, what an honor! And what pride is in this! |