More - a greater or additional amount or degree of.

Sarah Ihrig
Sep 17, 2021
5 min read

Do not let the simplicity of this 4 letter word fool you! Its inconspicuous modesty may seem vague, but allow the word to speak to you and you'll find your quiet quest.

In a parallel world less obvious to the occupied observer lies abundance. At a time where more affection AND more reaction are profoundly craved; more grows plentifully lush. In the garden of audacity; a place where everyone would love to dine.

Traveling side by side, an existence intertwined with endless opportunities for curiosity. Further investigation of the under nurtured human existence is currently overdue. Falling off latitude and out of longitude, one can regain possession of what it means to have MORE.

"Will your search for more make it past your eyes?"

Directly front and center are the stone cold hard facts of daily function. Candidly hiding behind are the rich and gooey complexities that rejuvenate meaning and provide a craving for us to want more. But more of what? What do we not have that we want more of? Some dismal and dark days converted into a broken sky, illuminating the brightest light spectrum. Answers made not of words, but validation.

Everyone wants to know with 100% absolute certainty the life they are currently living is real! That everything you've ever known to be real in life is true! We want to know our surroundings are not fake and the meanings we so deeply know are as solid as our footing upon the ground we stand. People you know, are who they say they are. Above all else, YOU are the person you think you are. Not a life crammed with meaningless co-existence on top of a rolling sphere. When peculiar themes appear, take notice. When opportunities arise for more investigation, invest. When sounds begin to muffle, amplify. When you think you've seen it all, look for MORE!

Your life movie playing flawlessly

Captions perfectly understood

Unknowingly only half a story ever told

Because the soundtrack was never heard

Every situation is surrounded by the opportunity to see more and to understand more. One could argue, there is more to absolutely everything in life! Yes, but the big puzzles in life most likely have glaring answers; solutions that are blatantly obvious. Whereas the smaller puzzles require smaller points of action. Reconstructing life routes straight through a message; busting it up, tearing it apart, will repave a longer road ahead.

MARRIAGE

For those wearing a wedding ring, please take a moment to look at the ring on your finger. Look at the scratches or the pristine clarity of the metal. What are your thoughts as you look at your ring? Now take the ring off. It’s important that you remove it. Look at the indentation the ring left on your finger and think deeper into those same thoughts. It’s a pretty powerful image. This is how you find the more that already exists around you. The hidden words that sit directly behind the obvious words. They are more fascinating, more elaborating and will always be more memorable.

SCIENCE

Water is blanketed across our human existence. We are surrounded by water. We are filled with water. A single drop accumulates into the most common substance on this planet. The obvious is that water quenches a thirst and cleanses the body. Submerging a bit further, water single handedly connects you to the earth acting as a temperature regulator for both the earth and people. As you look beyond the usage factor, water begins to prove to be so much more.

To get a better idea of where I’m going with this, try this short observation. Go to your sink, cup your hands with water. Notice its silky feeling. It becomes one with your hands, almost as if it could pass straight through. As you hold the water, think about this idea. There are more molecules in your cupped hand of water than cupped hands of water in all the oceans. The water you are holding has traveled the entire span of the Earth. Scrutinize. You’ll find it in water. Look for more.

NATURE

Wind tosses us around everyday. At times, headwinds can mimic our personal squalls of trouble. The hard hitting forces of reality confronts us straight on, attempting to knock us off balance. High pressure and low pressure problems are ready to swing their fists, gusting right and left, directly outside our front doors. Wind places us in a position of being out of control just like life. As an untamed wind hits our body similar to our problems, they too shall pass. Carving a path around us. Transferring energy onto us. We tackle the disruption to the best of our abilities. Then we feel it vortex around us. Wind reminds us all, we are more.

We cannot create energy, but we have the opportunity to be transferrers of positive energy. Wind will absolutely insist on provoking a reaction from you as it bombards the stagnancy, in which you stand. Flowing over our bodies and eventually dissipating behind us as a gentle breeze. How we handle the task to seek balance is an individual reaction. Embrace troubling wind, feel it on your face and positively transfer it away into something more.

ROMANCE

The key to romance is more passion. Boredom, stress and fear slowly chip it away. There are always more pieces to the passion puzzle to solve. See your partner as a million-piece passion puzzle. Their puzzle has your face on it. Your puzzle has their face on it. Both of you are looking for more details, clues and ideas on how to bring it all together. A romantic journey is never meant to be solved. The border or framework must be right in order for the rest of the pieces to fall into place. Pay close attention to the middle, focusing in on small sections at a time. A lazy eye holds no excuse. Begin to train your eyes to see more. Remember, only the eyes see all the lines in the puzzle for it is the imaginary lines - that make us dream for more.

The Note

I brush my fingers

Across your ink

Tall velvety letters

Then the paper sinks

I stare at the words

Seeing beautiful themes

Like all the angular points

As you cross your T’s

The candle flickers more

Highlighting darker ink

At places you stopped

To pause and think

Tightly secure fibers

Melted in with age

Your words whisper desire

Wrapped all around this page

The paper, bonds together

Like the love that we make

Softly woven and intertwined

Smudged with luscious chocolate cake

The note lay naked

Words braved from your breath

As you exhale these loving words

Work Cited:

deGrasse Tyson, Neil. “Neil DeGrasse Tyson Explains the Smallness of Molecules.” Startalk - The Smallness of Molecules, YouTube, 24 Nov. 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qlx-6h3i6Q&t=722s.