You ask, how do we cope with it ??? Well I have been coping for a many years.   I look at it like this.   I continue to live life on earth as God intended us to enjoy.  He has blessed me with a roof, food,clothes, and an awsome family.  
I will not be one tiny bit disappointed if we are still here after tomorrow.    That just means the game on earth is going to get even more exciting, and we are still commanded to watch.
And besides, just think of it,  if we are still here, that you have all the more time to witness to non believers.   
With that said, I still believe that the last trump is the rapture.... and I know for a jewish fact that jewish weddings are on Wednesday in Israel.  Being Tuesday tomorrow,  means its Wednesday in Israel.   Will we be going to the wedding tomorrow ???   That would be fantastic, and I look forward to it.    If not, well then we just have to wait another year, or another year after that, and so on, and so on.   
But make no mistake about it,  WE, meaning you and me, and the rest of us,  WE are the generation that will be alive to see all these things come to pass, and become fulfilled up until the end.  That my friend is a biblical fact, according to Israel becoming a nation.  There is no way around that.  NONE.    So weather its this year, or next year, or 5 years from now, we will be the generation that see it come to pass.   The key question is,  exactly how many years is a "Generation" ???   I believe Psalms 60 tells us it is 60 years.... Psalms 60 parallels Psalms 108 (2008)   5That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me...
The only question is, who is thy beloved?  Is it Israel ??  or Is it the Gentiles ?