How Has Falun Dafa Changed My Shopping Behavior 不一樣的購物心情-修煉前及修煉後
I heard this Black Friday more than 164 million Americans are shopping. How can I resist the temptation? So I decided to join in the great shopping carnival as well, and these are what I got.
我聽說今年黑色星期五有1.64億美國人在大搶購,我終於也未能「免俗」,加入了這個感恩節的購物狂歡,不過還算節制,只買了兩件衣服而已。
Another reason is, I heard some good news this morning. Although I cannot share it now, I will definitely share it later when the time is right.
加入「狂歡」的另一個原因是,今早聽到了一個好消息。什麼好消息呢?現在還不能透露。時機成熟了再說吧。
So to celebrate this good news, I gave myself these little "rewards".
所以這兩件衣服,也算是給自己的小小「獎賞」?
Then I remember that before I practiced Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa), every time I felt upset, I went out shopping. I thus ended up buying a lot of things that I never used and wasted a lot of money. (Do you know any other woman doing this too? Your wife perhaps?)
然後我想起我修煉法輪功之前的一個壞毛病,就是那時情緒一不好,一跟家人生氣,就跑出去狂買東西作爲發泄,而且一定要買很貴的才解氣。就這樣買了很多一輩子也用不上的東西。情緒還未見得能真正地改善。(你身邊也有這樣的女性嗎?)
Ever since I started practicing Falun Gong, this never happened again. Nobody can upset me anymore. I am always calm and happy. Even when I was subjected to the cruelest persecution, I still feltI was better off than before.
不過,修煉法輪功以後,再也沒有這種事啦。現在誰想讓我生氣,還真是不容易,也不再有需要用亂買東西來發泄或緩解情緒的時候啦。就覺得修煉前活得真苦真累!現在活得真明白真開心,哪怕是在承受迫害最痛苦的時候,仍然覺得比沒有修煉時強太多太多,心情簡直是不可同日而語。
So, shopping is now a means to celebrate good news and to reward myself, instead of a way to ease my bad mood and to release the pain in my heart, like in those "old bad days". Isn't it wonderful?
總之呢,現在購物,是爲了需要或獎勵自己,而不象以前那樣是爲了跟自己或家人過不去了。現在的日子,是不是很棒呢?