“Kindness” was recently chosen as the Oxford Children’s 2024 Word of the Year. More than 6,000 children voted on what word they thought best summed up last year, with "kindness" winning with a 61% majority. When asked about their vote, one kiddo said: “Everyone you meet is fighting a battle we know nothing about. We should treat everyone with kindness. You never truly know how much it could help someone.”

🥹 This whole story has me feeling a bit like this:

Have a fantastic day and rest of your week, and don’t forget to be kind!

–Kailyn

P.S. Don’t forget, we have our huge “Picture This” giveaway going on right now, with a grand prize of $1,000 and a $1,500 Scott Kemper Imagery gift card up for grabs. Enter the giveaway for free here🕺.  

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I am worthy of all the love, happiness, and abundance that the universe has to offer.

Three years ago, pianist Josiah Jackson had a flight connection through Chicago’s O'Hare International Airport when he spotted a baby grand in desperate need of repair. 

The piano was open to the public to play, but not the most pleasant to listen to: “It was absolutely the worst piano I have ever played,” said Jackson, 18 at the time. “It was embarrassingly bad – the keys were sticky and every note sounded terrible.”

Thankfully, Josiah had recently opened a piano tuning business near his home in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He had to run to catch his plane that day, but vowed to himself that he would get back to Chicago eventually to tune the instrument for free.

Last year, he finally got his chance.

As Josiah's church group began planning their summer trip to Guatemala last summer, he noticed they were going to have a layover in Chicago. His time to shine was finally here🙌.

Josiah called the airport in advance to ensure the piano was still there, and to inquire about getting the equipment he needed for the day to work on it. It was indeed in the same spot where he had left it three years ago, but the piano had since been roped off to the public – deemed unplayable by airport employees.

Josiah welcomed the challenge, and arranged with the airport to tune the piano during his eight-hour layover.

• “It was in very rough shape,” he shared with the Washington Post. “Dust was everywhere, and there was a gluey substance under the keys that prevented them from working. I’d never seen anything like it.”

🎹 It took him seven hours, but Josiah had the piano freshly tuned and good as new before running to catch his next flight. Months later, he’s just grateful the instrument will get a second life.

“I’m thrilled that people are playing the piano again,” he told WaPo. “Piano tuners are becoming more and more rare, and I’m one of the few people who could fix it. It was just a cool community thing to do.”

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🐠 How do you cheer up a lonely fish? Employees at the Kaikyokan Aquarium in Shimonoseki, Japan, were faced with this tricky question earlier this month, after their sunfish became sick and depressed when the aquarium closed for renovations.

After trying many things to remedy the fish, one employee took a long shot and suggested that maybe the fish was simply lonely. Turns out, they were completely right.

Cardboard cutouts of people’s faces with aquarium uniforms were placed by the glass – and the sunfish perked up overnight and began eating again. All he needed was a little company❤️.

🏳️‍🌈 Hundreds of couples tied the knot last week in Thailand after same-sex marriage was passed nationwide. LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand have fought for the same rights as heterosexual couples for more than a decade.

🛁 Archaeologists have made a "once-in-a-century" find in Pompeii, uncovering an ornate bathhouse buried under the ground for ~2,000 years.

♟️ Tanitoluwa “Tani” Adewumi has won multiple national and international chess championships and is well on his way to becoming a grandmaster. Oh, and he’s only 13. Even more impressive? Tani and his family are refugees from Nigeria and were living in a homeless shelter when he won his first New York State championship.

Junk journaling has exploded in popularity in recent years, with journalers taking to social media to share their impressive “junk” creations.

How does it work? It's simple. Junk journaling takes everyday scraps the some might consider waste (think: receipts, ticket stubs, brochures, etc.), and transforms them into a unique keepsake somewhere between a collage and scrapbook. The practice is meditative for the mind and good for our environment.

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It's time for my favorite part of the newsletter, What's Your Win, where we celebrate all of the good news happening right here within out Positive DONUT community. Big or small, there is always something to celebrate and be grateful for. 

Check out the submissions we received this week! 

😌 Seilah P. from Panama City, Florida, is conquering her anxiety …

• "I made it to semi-finals in a speech and debate tournament last week, and felt a peace from anxiety that i haven’t felt in a long time. A small reminder that it’s the little things that truly count."

🥰 Margaret W., also from Florida, is one proud grandma…

• "My granddaughter, who is in kindergarten and only 5 years old, won 1st place in the Martin Luther King Jr. Oratorical Contest. She had to memorize her speech and speak for 1-2 minutes in front of an audience. I was so proud of her. That's my win."

🔍 Star R. from St. Louis, Missouri, is reveling in her Facebook finds…

• "My win this week was that I got two new beautiful dressers off FB Marketplace that have completely revolutionized the organization and vibe in my office/studio. I am more inspired to work and create in there each day!"

🧼 Mila L. from Newnan, Georgia, is catching the cleaning bug...

• "Cleaned my bedside table and desk & book shelves since they were getting dusty and first small clean job of 2025!! I'm gonna need to do a deep clean soon but a win is a WIN!"

📗 Mary T. from Dallas, Texas, is rediscovering a lost love…

• "10 years ago I received ECT treatments to help ease the symptoms I was experiencing due to severe depression. Unfortunately, ECT cleared my memory of one of my passions - math. This year, I have set forth a goal to relearn math. It has brought me incredible amounts of joy to solve math problems again 💜 I also feel this time around I am gaining a deeper understanding of the concepts. Shout out to Khan Academy for making this dream a reality."

Share your own wins...If you take a moment to slow down and recognize the good things in your life, you'll notice there really is always something to be thankful for 🥰.

If you feel compelled to share, let us know what you're feeling especially grateful for or proud of right here. Nothing is too small or insignificant to celebrate, and we promise to be your biggest hype-people😎! 

Submit your or a loved one's wins here for a chance to be featured in next week's newsletter.

Take your best shot at solving these three riddles. How many can you get? 

1. What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
2. I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but you can't go inside. What am I?

(keep scrolling for the answers)

We're giving away $1,500 to Scott Kemper Imagery AND a $1,000 Visa Gift Card! The best part? It's free to enter to win.

• Grand Prize: The winner will receive a $1,500 Gift Card to Scott Kemper Imagery, $1,000 Visa Gift Card, and a copy of the book Buy What You Love Without Going Broke
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Contest ends February 14; enter today for free.

1. Short ⬇️
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Hit that reply button and let me know, I read every response. Have a great week! 🥰

–Kailyn