Motivation Monday: "Something More" by Sugarland

I know my first Motivation Monday was a Sugarland song, but I could not help but share another (and there will likely be more in the future as well).  The song “Something More” from the Twice the Speed of Life album is one of my favorites.  It is on my ipod and I typically listen to it at least twice when it comes on (so easy just to hit that little back arrow and hear it again!).

Just click on the video below to hear the song, or you can read the lyrics below.

Here are the lyrics to “Something More” by Sugarland:

Come on!

Monday, hard to wake up
Fill my coffee cup, I'm out the door
Yeah, the freeway's standing still today
It's gonna make me late and that's for sure
I'm running out of gas and out of time
Never gonna make it there by nine

There's gotta be something more, gotta be more than this
I need a little less hard time, I need a little more bliss
I'm gonna take my chances
Taking a chance I might find what I'm looking for
There's gotta be something more

Five years and there's no doubt
That I'm burnt out, I've had enough
So now boss man, here's my two weeks
I'll make it short and sweet, so listen up
Well, I could work my life away, but why?
I got things to do before die

There's gotta be something more, gotta be more than this
I need a little less hard time, I need a little more bliss
I'm gonna take my chances
Taking a chance I might find what I'm looking for
There's gotta be something more

Some believe in destiny and some believe in fate
But I believe that happiness is something we create
You best believe that I'm not gonna wait
'Cause there's gotta be something more

I get home 7:30, the house is dirty but it can wait
Yeah, 'cause right now I need some downtime
To drink some red wine and celebrate
Yeah, Armageddon could be knocking at my door
But I ain't gonna answer that's for sure

There's gotta be something
Gotta be something more, gotta be more than this
I need a little less hard time, I need a little more bliss
I'm gonna take my chances
Taking a chance I might find what I'm looking for
Gotta be something more
(There's gotta be something)
Got to be, got to be, got to be more
(Gotta be something, yes)

I like the whole song, as can be evidenced by my desire to listen to it multiple times in a row, but the lines that speak to me the most are:

Some believe in destiny and some believe in fate
But I believe that happiness is something we create

There are always going to be things that happen beyond our control, but we need to work on the things that we can control.  We need to create our opportunities, our happiness, our success, our future.

Creating anything takes gumption!