In general I think it has been a bad year, relations between many countries have gone sour, there are a lot wars and civil uprisings in many parts of the world, natural disasters were abundant even though of course these are just completely out of anyone's control.
Yes being positive is good but you just can't be blind about whatis happening, I am glad that for many people it has been a good year but I sure hope next year will be at least a little better.