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Transformative Thinking: 5 Inspirational Stories

There is a Chinese proverb that highlights the importance of addressing fundamental issues before anything else. It uses the metaphor of farming: If a field is unable to hold water, then no matter how good the seeds are or how hard you work, the effort will ultimately be wasted. Similarly, no matter how hard you ...

Mikel Davis

Comfortable corner of the library with books, glasses, and a bouquet of flowering willow branches.

How Well Do You Handle Anxiety? Tools to Cope

Anxiety is a normal emotion for most of us to experience from time to time, and in small amounts can actually be a good motivator. Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S., affecting 40 million adults in the United States age 18 and older, or 18 percent of the population every year. Anxiety is ...

Sheridan Genrich

Lady sits on gound looking anxious with her hands holding her chest.

The Goodness of Perseverance

The dictionary definition of perseverance lets us know that it is continued effort; to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition; the action or condition or an instance of persevering; steadfastness. Perseverance. It’s not something you are really taught, and sometimes you are not even sure if you have it — until you are ...

Tatiana Denning

Mountain climber climbs up icy mountain using ice pick.

Policeman’s Findings Brought Changes to His Life

Zhang Yongxiang, after graduating from the Taiwan Police Academy, was assigned to the Neihu District Police Station in Taipei. In July 1999, when news of the large-scale suppression of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) reached Taiwan, the Taipei City Police Department instructed police officers at local police stations to investigate Falun Gong’s ...

Max Lu

Motorcycle policemen in Taiwan.

A Martial Arts Expert Finds His True Calling

On July 4, 2019, the annual Independence Day parade was held in Redwood City in San Francisco’s Bay Area. As in previous years, local practitioners of Falun Gong, an ancient Chinese spiritual and meditation practice, were also invited to participate in the parade. Leading the Falun Dafa parade was none other than the world-renowned martial ...

Armin Auctor

People doing Falun Gong exercises.