Yet, one small carnal distraction might work. Worth a try. Maybe we get lucky. But do not hope for this. Actually, to avoid regrets, do not hope for anything.
Hope contributes, but it is such a pitifully delicate thing.
Hope gives one the tendency to reach for things far out and away, and this could be dangerous, especially if the dread is nearly upon us. Like the carnal senses, hoping is a very easy thing to do, and makes it all too easy to aspire for distractions that are very difficult to obtain. But this takes humility, and only love makes one humble. Yet, what a paltry distraction it is because from it, a much greater one is very unlikely. Scrounging, grovelling around in the dirt, looking for pennies, is a sign that one has lost their imagination.