Atharv’s Chronicle 30-11-2025 : “GAME OF PRIVILEGES!”

When we hear the word privilege, most of us think of wealth, status, or the big advantages someone else is having or enjoying. But the truth is far simpler, quieter, and far more universal

privilege exists everywhere, and most of it can be found in front of us, unacknowledged.
Blessings are often forgotten in the rush of daily living. We wake up, grab our phones, switch on our lights, make breakfast, head out or log in to work, and never pause to realise how many invisible hands, efforts, and systems are working tirelessly to make our life easy. We inherit comfort without remembering that none of it was guaranteed. The earth doesn’t owe us anything. Yet look at the life we get to live.
If we zoom out for a moment, we can notice something profound: we are unbelievably privileged.
A small incident made this very clear to me recently.

The 5 AM Market

Last week, I went to the APMC market early in the morning to buy vegetables. I reached at 5 AM, thinking I was early – but the place was already full of life. Vendors were sorting, packing, shouting prices, unloading trucks… it almost felt like midday.
That’s when I realised something simple but powerful: these people had been awake since 1 or 2 AM so that we can get fresh vegetables when we want them. While we sleep comfortably, their day has already started. And in the cold morning air, they were still working, still serving, still showing up.
In that moment, it struck me – so many people are working so hard for us without us ever asking, and without us even knowing their names.
Our daily comfort depends on their unseen effort.
That small moment changed something in me.

Switching the Lens

That’s the thing about privilege – it doesn’t announce itself.
You only see it when you zoom out.
It’s like switching your phone camera from portrait mode to wide-angle.
In portrait mode, life feels narrow. You only see what’s right in front of you.
But when you switch to wide-angle, the whole scene opens up – the background, the effort, the people, the systems, the blessings that make your life possible.
Nothing in the picture changed. Only the lens did.
And suddenly, you see what was there all along.
What if we lived life through that wide-angle lens?
What if every privilege, even the smallest one, became something we actually noticed?

Think about it – groceries, food, medicines, and essentials arrive at our doorstep with a few taps. A smartphone and laptop give us access to education, entertainment, income, and global possibilities. We travel across states and countries in hours. We flush a toilet and clean water appears. Centuries ago, A king worth billions didn’t experience the comfort we casually walk through every day. No western toilets. No electricity. No flights. Not even simple conveniences which we now call “basic.”

If we start counting privileges instead of complaints, life begins to shift.

A healthy body is a privilege.
Being able to breathe without assistance is a privilege.
A peaceful job – no matter how stressful some days feel – is a privilege.
A family that loves you, even imperfectly, is a privilege.
A friend who checks in on you is a privilege.
Safety is a privilege. Freedom is a privilege. Opportunities are privileges.

And here’s the beauty – when we treat every privilege as a blessing, life instantly becomes richer. Not richer in money, but richer in meaning.

A simple daily practice

Close your eyes for 30 seconds. Run through your life – your people, your work, your room, your routines. Notice how much of your day is carried on the shoulders of privileges you didn’t create alone. The more you notice, the more grateful you automatically become.
Gratitude is not a grand ritual. It is simply awareness.

Understanding your privilege curve

But this reflection comes with a deeper truth: not everyone has the same privileges. Life is not distributed equally, and it never promised to be. Some people are born with fewer chances, fewer resources, fewer supports. Many people work harder than us to get to even the basics.
And that’s the part of the game we often forget – *we didn’t choose our starting point.*
We can’t question why we were given certain privileges and not others. That’s not how life works. But what we can do is accept the blessings we have, make the most out of them, and extend support wherever possible.
Because privilege becomes meaningful only when it is shared.

Why Noticing Your Privilege Matters

When you recognise what you have, something changes.
Complaints reduce. Appreciation grows. You start seeing life as abundant instead of lacking.
You treat people kinder. You value effort – your own and others’.
And slowly, you develop responsibility. You realise privilege isn’t just something to enjoy; it’s something to use to uplift others.
The world becomes balanced when those with higher privileges help those with lesser privileges rise – not out of pity, but out of understanding. Out of humanity.

Life is a game of privileges

Some are born ahead. Some start far behind. But the real win is not in comparing positions – it’s in recognising our own strengths, blessings, and resources, and using them to build a meaningful life.
Life becomes beautiful when we stop asking *“Why don’t I have that?”* and start noticing *“Look at all I already have.”*
We can’t control the game, but we can control how we play it.
And the best way to play it is simple:
Be grateful for your privileges.
Be kind with your blessings.
Be helpful to those who have less.
Be aware of the comfort you inherited.
Because life may not owe us anything – but it has already given us a lot.
And the day we start recognising that, everything changes.

Hope it made sense.
See you in the next one!
-Atharv Prasanna