{"id":68,"date":"2014-03-19T16:58:02","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T23:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unrealgods.com\/billy_rancher\/?p=68"},"modified":"2014-03-19T23:17:30","modified_gmt":"2014-03-20T06:17:30","slug":"68","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unrealgods.com\/billy_rancher\/68\/","title":{"rendered":"Redemption Song"},"content":{"rendered":"
I feel so honored to read SP\u2019s new book about Billy\u2019s Unreal life.\u00a0 It\u2019s nearly impossible for me to describe how I feel about success, suffering, life and death, but I\u2019m going to try, because in the end, that is what a significant part of Billy\u2019s life was about. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Billy did life right, and I don\u2019t just mean \u2018making it\u2019 but understanding that love is what is important in the \u2018Big Picture.\u2019 Billy got it. <\/span><\/div>\n
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While trying to find just the right words to write, I ran into a neighbor while I was in the produce section at Safeway. While we chatted, I started to vent about aspects of my health and even shed a tear in frustration and self-pity. <\/span><\/div>\n
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In the middle of my little pity party, a woman in an electric chair cart and a very tall, blonde young man with a mental handicap, passed in between my neighbor and I in the aisle. The young man stops, turns and looks directly into my eyes and asks me, \u201cWhat\u2019s your name?\u201d <\/span><\/div>\n
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I answer, \u201cMy name is Celeste, what\u2019s yours?\u201d He asked me again, as if I had not answered him the first time. After about the 5th<\/sup> time, I got it. <\/span><\/div>\n
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That young man was there for me. He was a gift from the universe\u2026a reminder to get down on my knees and give Thanks for the blessings I\u2019ve been given.\u00a0 <\/span><\/div>\n
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Billy wrote and performed songs about this level of gratitude. His music was optimistic His music was about life and not at all complicated. His music was not dark, but full of light and happiness. <\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cBe grateful. Live each moment as if it is your last. If you do this, everything about you and what you value will change.\u201d This is how I knew Billy to live his life. <\/span><\/div>\n
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SP Clarke made an extraordinarily difficult job of telling Billy\u2019s story, look easy.\u00a0 SP got it, and continues to spread the love Billy wanted so desperately to share.<\/span><\/div>\n
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