Misfortune

Is this the season for misfortune? So many friends have been experiencing bouts of ‘bad luck’ recently.

Friend A’s 37-year-old daughter has been given six months to live. She is suffering from leukemia. A compatible bone marrow donor was found but she has taken a turn for the worse and cannot undergo the operation.

Friend B’s 49-year old sister had her leg amputated because of diabetes. Doctors warned the family that she could have died on the operating table. However, she survived the operation. Now, she has to undergo bypass surgery on the other leg and if that does not work, she has to face the rest of her life without legs.

Friend C was conned into withdrawing her savings of RM37K. If not for the timely intervention of the bank personnel, she could have lost another RM70K. Now she lives in constant fear of phone calls and even has to handle the wrath of her insensitive husband who chides her continuously.

It is said that every cloud has a silver lining. All these misfortunes had that silver lining. If only there was more to it than the silver lining.