Why not just live in the moment, especially if it has a good beat?
I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile.
Once you can laugh at your own weaknesses, you can move forward. Comedy breaks down walls. It opens up people. If you're good, you can fill up those openings with something positive. Maybe... combat some of the ugliness in the world.
You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.