Favorite Excerpt

Earlier I had posted about the short stories by Miranda July in her collection No One Belongs Here More Than You.
The post caused me to read a few of her stories over, reminding me once again why I loved them so much.

Here is one of my favorite excerpts. It's from the first short story, "The Shared Patio." The narrator works for a magazine called Positive about HIV which publishes articles that try to uplift the reader. She writes articles in hopes that it will be published, but her work is never uplifting enough. But then, at the end of the story, she finally gets the hang of it:

"Do you have doubts about life? Are you unsure if it is worth the trouble? Look at the sky: that is for you. Look at each person's face as you pass on the street: those faces are for you. And the street itself, and the ground under the street, and the ball of fire underneath the ground: all these things are for you. They are as much for you as they are for other people. Remember this when you wake up in the morning and think you have nothing. Stand up and face the east. Now praise the sky and praise the light within each person under the sky. It's okay to be unsure. But praise, praise, praise."

Well said.