Greece: Distributing Paper Lotus Flowers and Singing on the Beach in Athens

On our last day in Athens, I went to the beach with a few practitioners who are part of the European choir. It was an Autumn evening with a brisk breeze and blue sky. A lot of tourists were on the beach. We hired a parasol and hung a Falun Dafa banner beneath it and then did some meditation, distributed leaflets and a few of us went swimming. When I encountered two Chinese tourists near the parasol, I immediately walked towards them and offered them a leaflet. They refused rudely and said they were not interested. Smiling, I said it was OK. At this moment, another practitioner offered them a newspaper, which they accepted and read. After reading only half the paper, the two said something to each other and put the paper down. On seeing this, an idea came to me that I could sing a song to them. So I began to sing the song “Coming For You” and the noisy environment became quiet.

When I was singing from the bottom of my heart, “Facing violence and danger, Again and again I come for you I come for you, I come with love for you, precious Chinese people,” one of them again picked up the newspaper and read it. Perhaps he was moved by my song. Then I began singing another Dafa song “ Please give us a hand for justice and give assistance to us”

The two Chinese tourists turned around finally and smiled at me. Their eyes told me that they knew I was singing for them. I nodded smilingly again. I believe that they had heard a true story “We understand each other when meeting and we are out of the human society in an instant”.

My song drew the attention of the tourists around and they began to take notice of us. We gave them leaflets and beautiful folded-paper lotus flowers. Many people read the leaflets seriously and children loved the paper flowers very much. A cameraman from a TV station hung a paper lotus flower on his camera. Fifty or sixty paper lotus flowers were in full bloom in a very short time.