Regardless of whether you support Donald Trump or not, we can still all agree that 2017 was a rough year, from wildfires to mass shootings to hurricanes too many to name among other things, 2017 will be a year to remember. Now before you go writing off this year as a complete tragedy, let’s look at some awesome stuff that has happened over the course of the past year.

1. 80 heroic bystanders formed a human chain to save a drowning family on a Florida beach.

2. A 30-year-old man saved dozens of lives during the deadly shooting at a music festival in Las Vegas.

3. People even banded together and rose well over $7,000 to pay for his medical expenses after the heroic deed.

4. Israeli scientists announced a new treatment for ALS , also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

5. Peggy Whitson broke the US record for the most cumulative days spent in orbit.

6. Chance the Rapper , an unsigned hip-hop artist who released a streaming-only album, won three Grammy awards.

7. Southwest Airlines flew a plane full of puppies to help them escape from Hurricane Harvey. That flight must have been so cute.

8. Democratic and Republican members of Congress from Texas took a road trip to Washington, DC, together when they got stranded by a blizzard.

9. Scientists invented a spray gun that shoots stem cells onto burn victims to regrow their skin without scars. This new tool is ingenuity at its finest.

10. Florida high school students started a club so that no one has to eat lunch alone. What a great way to make new friends.

11. A man sent 40 pounds of cookies to a soldier he'd never met. Yum!

12. A woman donated all the food from her canceled $30,000 wedding to feed the homeless. Talk about making lemonade out of lemons, and a lot of it!

13. A real-life Secret Santa paid for over 8,000 toys on layaway at a New Jersey Toys 'R' Us . Some families got a very merry Christmas this year.

Of course, there are more positive events that have unfolded over the course of 2017. This list is just a small taste of the positivity that still exists in the world today. It can be easy to lose faith in humanity for a variety of reasons. I hope that reading this article will help restore some of that faith. Best wishes to all for a happy and healthy 2018.