The modern world promises happiness but breeds anxiety. Every liberty becomes a new pressure—consume more, achieve more, prove more. Yet Christ whispers what the culture cannot hear: striving isn’t thriving. Peace begins not in more control, but in surrender.

When your life’s focus is pleasing God, human opinions lose their power to define or control you. Our culture often places immense pressure on pleasing others, seeking approval from leaders, coworkers, or society at large.