Let's face it - in general we're pretty much screwed, if we look at the bigger picture. There are still men with crazy ideas with hands on very dangerous weaponry, nature worldwide is being treated like a piece of crap, global economy is in a crisis, there are 1.5 billions of people without basic needs et cetera.
People thief, steal, murder, fight, argue, they are lazy, cowardly, selfish, egoistic, most of them care about money at first and all other things maybe later. Tolerance is an anachronism, we'd rather shouldn't talk about respect to the old folks or how the current euro-american social system is definitely NOT-user friendly to new young families and education in general.
The list could go on, but my suggestion today is to have a different look at the things.
Where are We?
Imagine you lived one thousand years ago. If you weren't a king or a high nobleman, your level of living would be slightly different from today's average in the western society. I am sure that even persons immune to sarcasm like Dr. Sheldon Cooper are aware what does the word "slightly" means in this context.
So, what do we have today? Electricity, telephones, mass transport. Hell, you can name any technological advancement you want. It may seem pretty common, but the fact is it's not. It is a topic of many sci-fi or fantasy movies, how persons from different eras mix up together in a comic movie.
Life is Great!
Despite all the hard tasks ahead of us, let's be clear - we have a great life. Or better said, we have great possibilities how to live our lives and even contribute to the world. It's not like someone owes our lives, we can't be killed if our master is in a bad mood, and above all, it's more usual to die because of a natural cause and not by sword.
Take a deep breath and enjoy the modern age, it's going to get better and better - if we want to.
