I felt a great disturbance in the Force...

EyesIS wrote: I am sadly having a hard time imagining a place in the World at the moment where millions of people will cry out in joy. Pain, fear and despair on the other hand would be much easier to find

Maybe it wasn't "people" crying out in joy. Who is to say what lies beyond this world?

Anyway, that's sort of the problem, EyeIs. Negativity is too easy to find. We have to be the positive, the light. We need to be encouraging and optimistic. Our focus determines our reality.