Conflict, climate change, civil strife... bad news casts a long, cold shadow over all of us. In fact with all the pessimism currently circling the globe, you'd be forgiven for thinking the world was getting worse rather than better. But while humanity has always been challenged, it would be a mistake to adopt too negative a view life. And this is quite simply because the world is improving. It's improving all the time. It's just that when the chips are down we tend to brood over the gloomy aspects of life rather than remaining optimistic and acknowledging all the goods things we've achieved. So, let's start celebrating success and what we've so far accomplished.
Click through and discover 30 reasons to be cheerful.