Shannon Noll told me to shine, so I'm giving it a go.

Breakfast is very important.
If I ever sleep too late, I just consign myself to my lateness rather than cutting morning corners, because breakfast is very important.
Poached eggs are good. Variations on the theme of muesli. Vegemite and Avocado on toast for variation. Juice and/or tea (I usually need to wee before too long but that, like lateness, is just another price to pay).
Breakfast is very important. Laying the foundations to build the skyscraper of your day. Putting your best food forward, fed.
Everyone deserves a good breakfast.

I should also exercise or work out more. Not because I need to be buff or cut or stacked or ripped or huge. More so I feel like I'm taking pride in my body. In a healthy way. It deserves to be in peak condition as much as any other, right? I should run. Everyone runs these days, you're a chump if you don't run, right? It's like: "Swallow your pride, chump. Run until you're fit and hot like the rest of us. But not because you need to show people that you're fit and hot. Yes, you'll start out looking pathetic and sweaty, but pretty soon you'll be like Matthew McConnaughey or Michelle Obama and everyone will flock to be around you. Not that that's why you're doing it, it's just so you can be healthy." Right?

Then there's mental health and all the rest.

This post is my positivity-post. Self-positivity. My spirulina-and-yoga-post.

I believe we do need to love ourselves if we're going to function properly. Not in any sort of born-again way, but we have to think that we're good enough to deserve a place in the world. That we're good enough to speak. Good enough to occupy the thoughts of other people. Good enough for spirulina. Sometimes I need to remind myself.

So allow me to say it to you.

You deserve to be here. You are unique. You have beauty in you. You have things to offer. You have helpful skills. You have desirable qualities. You are an interesting topic for conversation. You are the reason to throw a party. You are lacking nothing. You think fascinating thoughts. You should share those thoughts. You can make people happy. You should sit for a painting. You should write. You create light and music when you smile and when you dance. You contribute to the betterment of the world. You are you and you are amazing.

This might be a tawdry read, but it felt good to write. Alex Lloyd must feel this good everyday...


-Yuri