Good Things that Happen in 2016

We’re closer to having successful vaccines for lung and brain cancer.

New chemotherapy breakthroughs have increased the 5-year survival for pancreatic cancer from 16% to 27% (and is getting better)

Scientists figured out how to link robotic limbs with the part of the brain that deals with intent to move so people don’t have to think about how they will move the limb, it can just happen.

Child mortality is down everywhere and it keeps going down.

Thanks to the ice bucket challenge the gene responsible for ALS has been found, meaning we are closer to an effective treatment. Let me rephrase that: we are close to getting a treatment for a very bad disease because a lot of people (including really hot celebrities) got wet.

A solar powered plan circumnavigated the world.

Michael Jordan donates 2mil to try and help bridge connection between police and the community.

Tiger, manatees, and panda numbers are growing.

Pakistan has made strides toward outlawing honor killings.

70,000 Muslim clerics declared a fatwa against ISIS.

Pokemon Go players went insane with placing lure modules near hospitals for sick kids.

California is now powering over 6 million homes with solar power, a record in the US (and that is the tightest shit)

Volunteers in India planted 50 million trees in 24 hours.

Apparently world crime as a whole has drastically declined as a whole in the last couple of decades.

Coffee consumption has been proved to help curtail cancer and suicide rates.

Speaking of coffee Starbucks figured out how to donate perishable food in a food safe way.

500 elephants were relocated to a better, safer and bigger home.

We made massive strides in Alzheimers’ prevention (my grandmother literally told me that scares her more than getting cancer this is very good news)

The ozone layer is repairing itself and all the work we did to get rid of those aerosol chemicals was actually worth it.

A new therapy developed in Israel could cure radiation sickness.

The Anglican church resolved to solemnize same-sex unions the same as opposite-sex unions which required a super majority of all three orders of the church (lay, clergy, bishop).

· The Rabbinical Assembly issued a resolution affirming the rights of transgender and non-conforming individuals.

Precision treatments for cancer are hitting clinical trials and WORKING (as someone who’s had relatives with cancer this is the best news)

Dentists are once again providing free care to veterans who need it.

The Orlando Shakespeare Festival showed up with angel wings to block funeral-goers for the Orlando Pulse victims, view from anti-gay protesters

We may have cured MS

Rise Women’s Legal Centre opened

Death by heart disease has decreased by 70% in the United States

Two brothers saw color for the first time thanks to specially-designed glasses

Pope Francis spoke against society’s obsession with physical beauty while dedicating Mass to the disabled community (love that dude)

Portugal ran its entire nation solely on renewable energy for four days straight

A retiree is launching a project to transport 80 endangered rhinos to an Australian reservation to save the animals from poaching

An Afghan teacher has been delivering books via bicycle to villages that lack schools

Harriet Tubman is going to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill.

200 strangers attended the funeral of a homeless WW2 veteran with no family

A teen battling cancer married his sweetheart

Bank firm pays for college tuition for the children of employees who died in the 9/11 attacks

New medicine has been shown to increase melanoma survival rate to 40%

Over 800 Boko Harem Hostages were rescued by Nigerian Army

Toys R Us offered Quiet Shopping Hour for kids with autism this past holiday season

Volunteers made special tiny Halloween costumes for NICU babies

A 4-year old befriends a lonely man and helped him heal after losing his wife

Families grew

People survived cancer and overcame depression

Any kind of victory, even if it affects only one person, is a victory

LEONARDO DICAPRIO WON AN OSCAR! EVERYONE READING THIS LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO SEE LEO FINALLY GET WHAT HE DESERVED

There’s a new Harry Potter book, and a movie and has no plans on vanishing with time

LET ME TALK ABOUT ALL THE KICK ASS MOVIES WE GOT THIS YEAR OH MY GOD

Kung Fu Panda 3, this franchise is still going strong despite that its about a panda played by Jack Black

Jungle Book. The amazing remake none of us saw coming

Finding Dory. A good slice of life squeal from Pixar.

Kubo and the Two Strings. Haven’t seen that yet as well but its Laika so I know it’s a masterpiece

Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange and Deadpool . Seriously is the best marvel movies yet in my opinion.

Zootopia. Oh don’t mind me I’m just a movie that tackled the issue of racism and not only game changed animated films but also made a billion dollars

Star Wars Rouge One. Hello Im just going to show how exactly rebels got the Death Star plans and showing Vader being awesome. Oh didn't forget Im direct prequel to the original trilogy.

Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin, and Metallica released well received albums.

Let me list off all the games that got released this year: Uncharted 4, Over watch,Inside, Doom 4, Final Fantasy FV

· A personal victory for myself, I finally got a stable job.

”A laugh can be a very powerful thing. Why, sometimes in life, it’s the only weapon we have” –Roger Rabbit

#NeverForgetTheGood

*Please feel free to add other good news (even if it’s something small like you ate cheesecake THAT is good news)