Book excerpt: Life is one perplexing experience and ordeal. Behind its intangibility, mystery, and diversity, humanity never gets the deep meaning. It is a meaning that lacks a concrete and tangible answer that further confounds its purpose. However, despite everything, the chaos, mystery, and hullaballoo, life goes on! I am not going to sugarcoat things and tell you deep breaths and meditation will cure what ails you. Hell, I am not going to tell you that ales will cure what ails you. The first thing for me was to understand that life is dark, full of mystery, misery, and your happiness only comes from within. Now do not misunderstand me, the shit is dark, and the rain cloud may follow above your head, but once you accept that, you will learn to love the rain. Life itself is not all sunshine and roses. We see more dark, ill, and uncanny things naturally because it is all around us. Do not believe me? Go ahead and watch the news for a half-hour. Tell me how many good stories you hear because I know it will not be many. My point here is to accept the dark and use dark humor to better grasp your reality. Learning to find the comedic value in life's crazy times will lighten your mood so much coping will become easier. Humor: it's the first piece that you need. Life is dark, so mote it be.