Positivity

Recently I have been filling out applications and I get tired of all the questions couched in politically correct terms but really saying "please complain about how hard your life is." I wouldn't mind so much if they were asking about how I have overcome hard things but I don't think they are.
One question said something along the lines of "if you are from a group that is usually a minority within higher education please describe how your point of view will broaden the diversity of our school." I asked my friends for a few suggestions and I just rebelled at the thought of writing them (poor me I'm a woman in science). So instead I wrote this:
Historically women are underrepresented in higher education; however, this has not been a negative experience for me. Being part of an accepted minority has allowed me to see how diversity, when respected, can foster additional insights, creativity, and increased openness.
I think I had like 600 more characters I could have used but my writing tends to be brief.
It makes me wonder why people seem to like sob stories so much. Isn't it far too easy already to think and talk negatively, why not focus on our triumphs and overcoming? Why not focus on the bright and beautiful things in the world (or dark and beautiful--you know how I feel about nighttime) just because we can? Why focus on the differences when we can rejoice in common ground?
Perhaps some might say you only say that because your life is easy. You haven't been a shunned outsider/minority. And my answer to that is: you're right, my life is good, so again why should I complain about it. Maybe your life is good too and if you focused on the positive it might be better still.