Being lucky

is a state of mind, at a moment in time.

A friend had a 30-year old car which he bought new in 1977. He decided to sell it to buy a new Proton Persona. He sold it for Rm900.

Soon after, because of the big increase in fuel prices, the government decided to pay a rebate of Rm675 to owners of cars below 2000cc, and he felt the timing sucks and of course, considered himself unlucky.

Then came the announcement that for those who owned cars of whatever make can trade in for Rm5,000 when buying a new Proton! He was 'devastated' where luck is concerned.

Anyway, it is common for new car buyers to buy 4-D lottery of their car registration numbers. He bought Rm5 Big and Rm5 Small and struck second price which paid some Rm15,000!

Was he being compensated by some divine soul for having been unlucky twice? For crying out loud, he was subjected to constant friendly tease for being unlucky which might have evoked divine intervention.

Recently, another friend got into a fight with someone's husband who came to coax back his wife. The wife was physically abused and sought refuge in a relation's place. All he did was telling him not to raise his voice and the husband grabbed a bottle which did not break as he intended and grabbed a knife. Anyway, this friend received a few cuts as a result.

The next day, his elder brother died in a road accident in Johore. He went with his mother for the funeral. News got distorted and there was even some who thought he was killed by someone, based on the fact that Madam so-and-so's son died.

This made him realized that a twist of fate could have saved his brother. For example, if he were killed one day before, his brother would have come from Johore and might not got himself killed in the accident!



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