A Lesson Of Fearlessness

A practitioner family in the United Kingdom who lived in a rural area found it inconvenient to purchase air tickets to attend the retreat in Germany. One of the fellow sisters thus entrusted another female practitioner to purchase the tickets for her. It was arranged for everyone to meet on the day of the flight at the check-in counter, one hour before take-off, so as to board the plane together. But because of heavy traffic, the whole family of four were late. When they rushed to the check-in counter, it was only half an hour before take-off. Being too busy, the other fellow sister who had bought the tickets had forgotten about the meeting and had already boarded the plane by herself. When she remembered, it was too late to disembark.

The fellow sister asked the airline staff for help and were even ready to purchase new tickets. Unfortunately it was the last flight of the day to Hamburg. Perhaps it was her sincerity which moved the attendants at the service counter. They helped the whole family book for the earliest flight to Hamburg the next morning without requiring her to pay anything (yet according to airline regulations, if a passenger misses a flight the ticket is not refunded). Apart from arranging the night's accommodation, the airline staff also helped to arrange transportation to the airport for early next morning. The charges involved were very minimal yet the accommodation was a five-star hotel.

Due to the fact that the original plan was for everyone to leave together, none of the family knew the exact venue of the retreat or where to report. The next day, however, they fortunately met another U.K. fellow practitioner who was also going to attend the three-day retreat. So they all went together and smoothly reached the venue.

Everything seemed to be arranged by God. When the whole family knew that they could not board the original flight, they were afraid that they would miss the chance to attend the three-day retreat. But they single-mindedly thought that no matter what the cost was they were determined to attend. They left everything in the hands of God. All at once their fearless hearts overcame everything. Thus, she had learned the lesson of fearlessness.