Cheer up! Because these are the good old days

I have been accused of many things in life, most of them true, but even my worst enemies have never called me an optimist. I not only think the glass is half empty, I think the glass is cracked and I’m going to wind up with shards in my gums.
Still, even a habitual Gloomy Gus like me raised an eyebrow when the annual Gallup Global Emotions Report concluded 2017 was “the world’s most miserable year on record.”
Worse than 2001, the year of the Sept. 11 attacks? Worse than 1