{"id":9161,"date":"2018-04-12T09:49:26","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T14:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nearariver.com\/?p=9161"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:23:08","slug":"most-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/most-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Make the Most Out of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>How can you make the most out of your life?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_55182\"  width=\"730\" height=\"410\"  data-origwidth=\"730\" data-origheight=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qpIigV7-kJk?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Derek Paravicini is the nephew of Camilla Parker-Bowles, a member of the British Royal Family.<\/p>\n<p>He and his twin sister were born at just 26 weeks gestation on July 26, 1979.\u00a0 His sister died, but he survived.\u00a0 Accidental overdose of oxygen therapy during his time in the neonatal intensive care unit caused him to become blind and severely autistic.\u00a0 He cannot even tie his own shoes or dress himself although he is now a grown man.<\/p>\n<p>When he was two years old, his grandma gave him an old keyboard, and his family noticed he was a talented musician.\u00a0 He began taking music lessons shortly thereafter.\u00a0 Now he plays any song he has even heard just once by ear with his own style.<\/p>\n<p>As an autistic musical savant, Derek counts his blessings not his problems.\u00a0 He has used his blessings to accrue a large net worth.<\/p>\n<p>Derek could just sit around and cry about what he cannot do all day, but he chooses not to do that.\u00a0 Instead he makes the most out of his life and inspires others to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>We can all learn a few valuable lessons from Derek Paravicini.\u00a0 When life handed him lemons, he squeezed all the juice out of those lemons and made lemonade.\u00a0 Although he cannot even dress himself or tie his own shoes or even make a sandwich for himself, he is content with his 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center;\">Her\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/encouraging\" slimstat=\"5\">encouraging<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/children\" data-slimstat=\"5\">children\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/eagle\" slimstat=\"5\">eagle<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/river\" slimstat=\"5\">near\u00a0a\u00a0river<\/a><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u>common core\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.collinsdictionary.com\/dictionary\/english\/reading-book\" data-slimstat=\"5\">reading book<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">is available on\u00a0Amazon.com\u00a0and\u00a0Barnesandnoble.com.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Buy BJ\u2019s\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/river\" slimstat=\"5\">near\u00a0a\u00a0river<\/a><\/u>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/encouraging\" slimstat=\"5\">encouraging\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/eagle\" slimstat=\"5\">eagle\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.collinsdictionary.com\/dictionary\/english\/reading-book\" data-slimstat=\"5\">reading book<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">for a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/child\" slimstat=\"5\">child<\/a>\u00a0you care about today!<\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can you make the most out of your life? 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