<p>People generally believe their lives have meaning, despite being unable to articulate precisely what that meaning entails. This apparent contradiction is understandable, given the profound complexity of the question itself. The aim of this article is to enrich our insight into the meaning of life by examining the role of orientation. Two sources of orientation are outlined: a broader, narrative-driven and a momentary, paradox-driven source. While the narrative-driven source aligns with conventional understandings of orientation - encompassing preferences, beliefs, and thoughts within a specific worldview - the paradox-driven experience has traditionally been confined to artistic and religious-spiritual settings, and in recent decades, has been explored through phenomenology. Inspired by Heidegger, Levinas, and Jean-Luc Nancy, I illustrate and discuss how this second source operates as an orienting force in broader interpretative contexts. First, I introduce three philosophical paradigms that structure existing narratives about life’s meaning: The Good Life, the Disenchantment Responses, and the Formal Analysis of Life’s Meaning. Second, and alongside these, I develop the first contours of a fourth paradigm which I call “the Two Sources of Orientation,” and which recognizes the interplay between narrative-driven and paradox-driven orientation. My findings demonstrate that these two sources cannot be studied in isolation, as paradox-driven experiences invariably reshape narrative-based orientation. Uniquely, the premises of this fourth paradigm offer fresh insights into what constitutes ‘more meaningfulness’ in life, a question that has proven particularly challenging within the frameworks of existing approaches.</p>