Featured Story For the last 28 years, DailyGood has been delivering hand-selected stories that spark creativity and kindness. Join our community of 140,470 subscribers and get inspired! Daily Features Dec 1, 2025 "Joy is the happiness that doesn't depend on what happens." —Brother David Steindl-Rast Has the World Become Less Grumpy? A global survey on emotional health shows people, generally, are cheering up.
“The study tracks the emotions that people experience on any given day, such as anger, sadness, laughter and enjoyment.” Numbers increased as “… nearly nine in ten said they had felt respected and more than 70% said they had smiled, laughed or enjoyed themselves.” There are many factors that influence their emotions, and “Not everyone is finding reasons to smile.” Circumstances greatly influence the responses. Poorer countries, politically unstable states, and those in war grow angrier, sadder, more worried, and less respected. “Age plays a part too. Young adults everywhere are angrier than older people; the middle-aged are the most stressed.” Not surprisingly, the highest share of enjoyment was in Denmark that also ranked second in the World Happiness Report.
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