What a Wonderful World

 What a Wonderful World is a song about appreciating the simple, inherent beauty and hope in the world and in humanity,  despite the turmoil and suffering of the times. Written in the 1960"s to counteract the era's social and political unrest. sung by the great Louis Armstrong, the song encourages listeners to focus on love, growth, and positive   potential of future generations. 

The song lyrics paint a picture of appreciating  natural phenomena like trees of green, red roses too, and skies of blue. It finds beauty in human interaction, noting that when they are  saying  friends shake hands and say how do you do? They are really saying I Love You. Armstrong himself believed the world  wasn't inherently bad, but that human actions and a lack of love  contributed to suffering.  He felt the song was a plea for people to "give it a chance" and choose love, making the world "wonderful".