As in ... it's pissing down today so I won't be riding my bike - but at least that means I won't have to water the garden, as I have had to for the past 10 days because I've put in lots of new plants. Your examples please ...
"Does every cloud have a silver lining?" Simple answer - no ! That may seem like a cynical answer, but it's just based on life experiences...
I think I depends on how optimistic a personality you are and whether you are looking only for a personal silver lining. If you look hard enough there's nearly always a silver lining - for someone. For example the invention of the wheel put a lot of farriers out of work ... but it created a lot more employment opportunities further down the line for wheelwrights, motorcycle and car designers, mechanics, bus drivers etc. Even things that look disastrous often turn out to have a silver lining. Of course anyone would struggle to find a silver lining in events such as natural disasters or most wars though!
You can find good in nearly everything. But not everything. So no. Can't imagine any silver lining in a perfectly healthy child dying in a cot death. Sure it means the cost of having a child isn't there, but the cost of NOT having the child is. Divorce. Replacement therapy. Nope can't see a lining, silver or even muddy grey, there
