And the answer is...

Some problems have no answers. Some answers are slow in coming.
Or, as John Lennon sang: there are no problems; only solutions.
We want to remove the tension from our lives, when the best we can hope for is managing it. Because the more we eliminate tension, the more incapable we become of managing it, leaving us more susceptible to stress from trivial inconveniences minor scrapes that our grandparents would have scarcely noticed.
Like an impressionist painting, life appears random and chaotic up close. Time brings perspective, which brings understanding, which brings peace of mind.
Revel in the journey.