Toronto resident Minjae Cho felt lonely and disconnected, so he decided to get brave and do something about it.
Knowing that “little gestures can shift the whole mood,” Cho takes to the Toronto public buses and subway cars to wish commuters “Happy New Year,” “Have a good day,” or even tell them they make the world a better place.
Thousands now follow Cho – aka “Magnetic MJ” – on Instagram. Even the city’s mayor recognized that “if everyone did what [Cho] does to just one person, on one bus ride, once a week, the city would feel a lot more like a neighborhood.”
