I was thinking about the importance of humor during this difficult time, and also about our human need to feel that there is hope when we feel the most helpless. This lovely writing may be helpful:

An Antidote to Helplessness and Disorientation: The Great Humanistic Philosopher and Psychologist Erich Fromm on Our Human Fragility as the Key to Our Survival and Our Sanity

And then the promised silly Dalai Lama joke is charming: