<">May you live in interesting times

That's always been seen and quoted as " Chinese curse" - a way of wishing bad luck on the recipient. Try googling it. Whether it's Chinese or not is another matter - but I think 999 is the only person I've ever come across who evidently understands it as intended the other way round.

Of course there are often some good consequences of bad things, just as there are bad consequences of bad things, and it's worth looking out for them - but not making too much of them.