Jackie Summers from New York regularly takes the subway to and from his work, and he recently witnessed a small act of kindness that has now gone viral on the internet for all the right reasons.
The man posted a photo on her Facebook and Twitter accounts of a Jewish couple just sitting on the seats in a subway. Right next to the Jewish man and woman, a Muslim mother can be seen nursing her little baby. The caption he wrote when Jackie posted the picture is heartwarming.
“A Taoist (me) gives up his seat so a Hasidic couple could sit together. They scoot over so a Muslim mother could sit and nurse her baby, on Easter Sunday. This is my America: people letting people be people.”
With almost 80,000 likes and almost as many shares, Jackie’s message of spreading love across all people has quickly gone viral. Hundreds of people praised the picture and the actions of these people on the subway and celebrate diversity and how different cultures can get along.
“This, is what makes America great and these days I’ve been struggling to find ways to feel good about America,” a comment reads on Facebook. “We, the people… Thank you for restoring a little of my faith in humanity today, Jackie.”
“That was a loverly picture, Jackie, and a beautiful sentiment.”
“This is the best thing I’ve seen today,” another person said.
Jackie mentions that he took the photo just after he had a couple of dim sums for lunch. He captured the moment of the F train and describes it as an everyday moment.
“The moment is extraordinary in its ordinariness: common courtesy as an afterthought is the NYC and the America I was raised to believe in,” Jackie said to Huffington Post. “Given the age of divisiveness we live in, it seems people are looking at this photo as a reason to put issues like race, religion, and sex aside to focus on more important issues relevant to peaceful coexistence.”
The New York native also mentions that he didn’t ask permission when he snapped the picture, because he would feel that the sentiment would be “forced and staged”.
“As the grandchild of immigrants, my ancestors believed America to be a place where the possibility of equity existed,” he continued. “While it’s clear we still have a long way to go to achieve that goal, I and people like me across this nation are fighting every day to see that end.”
A beautiful and heartwarming act of kindness!
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