It's 7th October 2040. Today is the first day of work of my son T. Only one year passed after his master degree and he is now employed in a company requiring him creativity and technological knowledge.
The war, the energy shortages, the populistic policies of 20 years ago are over and we started now a new era of progress and hope.
Obviously, a lot of pain and investments were necessary, but now those days are over and we are hoping again for a peaceful future
(p.s. you said "What would you like that future to be? " - This is not realistic)