Road to Fifty Reflections: Day 17

I found the term... "hustle culture."

Hustle culture, I realize, is often born not from one’s own will, but from pressure of what others might think. 

Society has shaped a belief that we must always be doing something... working, producing, earning... as if stillness were laziness and rest were weakness.

I have often been 'accused' of not doing enough, of taking on too much, of working double or triple jobs. But it was never for wealth or vanity. When salaries remain small and the prices of food and living climb higher each day, one cannot help but move, strive and survive (kahit nakakapagod na 😥)...

Yet I wonder  ~ why do others feel envy instead of empathy? Why do people measure others’ worth by their busyness or possessions, instead of the sincerity of their struggles? If we could only look with eyes of understanding instead of judgment, perhaps the world would be a gentler place.

At the end of the day, I remind myself that I’m not living to impress anyone... It’s not about doing more, but about living faithfully each day.

God sees the heart that labors quietly and that is enough.