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Lyric Card based on
Staccie Orrico's song 'There's Gotta Be More To Life"
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Am I supposed to experience moments?
Or find substance in my living
Do I exist to experience living?
Do I exist to make my living worth it?
Do I experience life or find meaning?
What gives life substance?
Is it the moments or the substance of living?
Am I here to enjoy life's pleasures?
Or should I focus on giving joy
Is my pleasure how I give?
Is sacrificing for others how I give?
Is it my pleasure or others that matters?
What is the point of life's pleasures?
To give it or validate others by experiencing it?
Am I here to clean up this world?
Or just do my part to not add to the mess?
If I clean up for everyone, am I adding value?
If I keep my corner tidy, is that all the earth needs?
If I clean my corner or everyone's am I resposible?
What is sustainable for me in caring for Earth?
Mimimizing the negaitive impact of myself or everyone's?
This Lyric Card note explores 3 concepts:
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Meaning: From time to time we get advice like 'Live in the moment' - I have even done a
series
on this too. We are also advised to 'Live with Purpose' - I have also written some things about Purpose. Both concepts pull
you in two directions at once because both ideas are solid. So I ask
the reader a question in the first verse: which of these two options
is the substance of life.
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Pleasure and Joy: There is no doubt that we all live for life's Pleasures and Joys.
The only thing is that both Pleasure and Joy are experienced as gifts
or rewards. So in this note, I ask the question is the point of our
life to give or receive that pleasure and or joy. Are we supposed to
create it for others and thus have meaning? Or are we supposed to
experience it from others and those gain meaning by being the
recipient of another person's effort?
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Sustainability: If the past few decades has taught us nothing, it has at the very
least taught us that there is a real cost that is charged back to the
Earth for every great technological breakthrough mankind achieves.
This realities are seen in the way the climate has changed. While some
people are aware of the problem, not everyone is sure of their part in
solving it. In this note, I explore the question of whether we should
individually just do our own part in our little corner of the earth or
whether we should expand our scope and sacrifice to make up for those
that won't or refuse to make changes whether this means forcing others
to do the right thing or cleaning up after them. Either way, we have
to find a way to ensure Humanity is nuturing the earth and not being a
burden on it.
The answers to the questions I ask in this Lyric Notes, is a part of the
puzzle of our Identity. Whether we exist in duality (considering 2 things
true at once) or whether we are singular in our existence.
Thursday, October 15, 2026