Updated 9:35 a.m.

Good Monday morning! The sun is shining today.

This past year has been a bumpy ride for our crumbling subways.

Sure, we could grumble about delays and overcrowding. But in the spirit of starting the week on a positive note, we thought we’d take a day off from complaining.

We recently asked our readers to send their positive commuting stories, and dozens wrote in to tell us about helping hands, shared seats, spirit-lifting music and more.

Turns out, it’s not all bad down there.

“My boyfriend and I were headed uptown on the C train. I was about to leave for vacation, so we were unusually affectionate in the train car — something I hesitate doing, as the subway isn’t always the best place for queer P.D.A. We were kissing and embracing before I rushed off the train at the West Fourth Street station. One stop later, my boyfriend called and told me a man handed him a note as he was getting off the train. The note read: ‘Thank you for being brave enough to be affectionate in public.’”

— Parker Field, 25, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn