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We have a packed issue this week full of some of my favorite stories from Positive DONUT's past. I'll be back next week, fresh off my maternity leave with brand-new positive news from around the globe! I can't wait to see you there. 

Have a fantastic rest of your week! 

—Kailyn 🥰

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I create my own path and walk it with joy.

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.”

Note: This story previously appeared in a Feb. 2025 edition.

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… Ronan the sea lion is also incredibly talented. The 15-year-old California sea lion has impeccable rhythmic skills, bouncing her head along to the beat of music of multiple different genres and tempos with incredible accuracy.

• Before Ronan, it was widely believed that only humans, primates, and some parrot species could recognize musical beats—but Ronan has scientists rethinking these theories.

Read her story (and see her adorable head bobs in action) here.

Note: This story previously appeared in a May 2025 edition.

📚 Fifty-eight year old Ted Midgely had never learned to read due to his dyslexia. But last year, after decades of illiteracy, the UK man signed up for reading lessons. He recently read a copy of a Speedway Star magazine that he kept for 40 years.

🎉 When Doug Turner walked over to his neighbor’s house to invite her to his annual “Winter Party,” he had no idea it would quickly make him a worldwide sensation. The 87-year-old, who handwrote all of the invites for his block party, has racked up 1+ million likes on TikTok—and everyone seems to want an invite.

😍 Meet Milo and Tina, the official mascots for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. Stoats are part of the weasel family, and utterly adorable.

Note: These stories previously appeared in a Feb. 2025 edition.

Something I’ve been learning a lot about this year is the power of mindset and perspective when it comes to our overall wellness. The thoughts and beliefs we tell ourselves really do become our reality. So why wouldn’t you want to give yourself a little extra love?

Grab a pen and your favorite journal (or even the Notes app on your phone!) and jot down some thoughts on the prompts below. You deserve this little self pep-talk🥰.

1. What do you think is your biggest strength?
2. What’s one thing you absolutely love about your body?
3. When do you feel the most confident?
4. If you could pick a song that encapsulates who you are, what would it be and why?
5. What is your proudest accomplishment? 

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Welcome to What’s Your Win, the section of the newsletter where we celebrate all of the good news happening right here in the Positive DONUT community. I love sharing stories from around the globe, but there’s just something extra special about hearing what’s going on in your lives.

Check out the submissions we received this week!

🌞 One anonymous subscriber from CO is a shining beacon of positivity...

• "I refuse to do social media because I hate all the negativity. My employer recently made me do a Facebook profile. One person per day to let the public get to know all of us better. Lots of snarky comments, lots of dislikes as we don’t exactly work in a very well liked profession. When mine got posted I actually got 65 likes, lots of positive comments, and NOT ONE SINGLE NEGATIVE COMMENT!!!"

🙌 Yvonne L. from the Netherlands just took a HUGE first step forward...

• "I just want to celebrate myself for asking for help! I have ADHD and these past months I've been struggling with lots of things. And instead of keeping on as I would always do, I asked for help. So: GO ME! Gosh this feels empowering haha!"

🏆 Bill D. from Solana Beach is one tough stud of an athlete...

• "Won my age group by 5 minutes at the Solana Beach Triathlon. This was supposed to be the year I got my knee replacement, after 2 painful years, but after a few cortisone shots, rode my bike more, hiked more, and built up the muscles around the knee. Hanging in there, unbeaten in my 65- 69 Age group this year. Triathlon can be as frustrating as golf, but the community is the big reward."

1. The star sign Aquarius is represented by a tiger
2. 'A' is the most commonly used letter used in the English language
3. In a deck of cards, the king of hearts has a mustache
   

Whether you had an energizing conversation with a friend, beat a sickness, met a milestone at work, or booked a trip you were always dreaming about, we want to hear about it. There is always something to be grateful for, and no win too small. 

And who knows? Sharing a bit of positivity from your own life could inspire someone else to recognize the good in theirs🥰.

• So what are you waiting for? Submit your wins here for a chance to be featured in next week's newsletter. We want to celebrate you!

Share your accomplishments – big and small – here.

1. False, it’s represented by the water bearer, the mystical healer who bestows water, or life, upon the land.
2. False, it's 'E' 
3. False, the king of hearts is the only king in a deck of cards to not have a mustache