Can you cheer someone ?

This thought struck me during my marathon today.


At the start and finish line, there were RPF cadets and other volunteers — a mix of kids, teenagers, and adults.

Along the route, a few sponsor teams stood in clusters as well.


While I was jogging, something small yet powerful caught my attention.


All of them had the same instruction:

stand there and cheer the runners.


But in every group of 10–15 people, only 2–3 were truly bringing the josh.


They were shouting with full energy —

“Vande Mataram!”

“Fire in the mountain, run run run!”


That tiny burst of enthusiasm from a few voices somehow cut through the fatigue.

It lifted the mood.

It genuinely brought back the josh.


And that got me thinking…


We all get moments in life when we can cheer someone — a friend, a colleague, a stranger, even a family member.


But how many of us actually do it?


How easy or difficult is it for someone to lift another person’s spirit?

And do we even realise how much difference a small gesture can make?


Sometimes all it takes is one enthusiastic voice to change the whole energy around us.


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