It's a Beautiful Spring Day

I have a "Look on the Bright Side" and love to use it. I've put this sort of Pollyannaish link up from time to time and will probably continue to.

Today, Vietnam, while still under one-party rule, is a friendly trading partner and tourist destination. Latin America is mostly at peace. Rwanda, if not exactly democratic, is the economic success story of East Africa. The Balkans are mostly calm and until recently were giving care and comfort to the migrants flooding into Europe. Another update from the past: Colombia – once ripped apart by drug cartels, rebel movements, and paramilitaries – has rebuilt itself as a Latin American success story.

And then there are eccentric planets.