I related to and thus highlighted much. Your title caught my attention in my Daily Digest. I wrote a poem last year, a rondeau redouble, with this the first of the six stanzas:

There’s no sense in rehearsing tragedy

No purpose found in seeking happiness

Steel yourself for life of dark comedy

For serenity, nakedly undress

https://medium.com/channspirations/embrace-both-comedy-and-tragedy-and-prepare-only-to-be-unprepared-93daa92b072e