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Dan Caro has been proving the world wrong since he was in diapers. When he was two years old, he was engulfed in a fireball during a gasoline explosion in the family garage and was left with third-degree burns over most of his bodyso severe that doctors held out little hope hed survive more than a few days. Dan was in such excruciating pain that his devastated parents silently prayed for God to end their sons suffering and welcome him into heaven. And it seemed as if God was willing to obligeDan technically died on the operating table several times in the hours following the accident. But even though his heart stopped, Dans spirit wasnt ready to give up . . . somehow he knew he had work to do. Despite the odds, Dan survived, but life would not be easy. The fire left him badly maimed and disfigured. His hands were burned away, as was most of his skin and nearly all of his face. He would endure years of painful surgeries and endless months of lonely isolation in burn units, only to suffer the agony of social rejection, shunned and called monster by both children and adults in his Louisiana hometown.With the support of his loving parents and siblings, Dan did not despair. He kept his heart open to the world and focused on the positive energy around him. Before his sixth birthday, he vowed that his life would not be defined by the way others saw him or the restrictions of his so-called physical handicaps. Dan set himself a series of life goals, starting with the art of tying his shoelaces without fingers. Once he had achieved that milestone, he decided he could do anything . . . so why not learn to play the drums? When Dan was told hed never be able to do so, he promised himself that one day hed become one of the most accomplished drummers in the city that gave jazz its nameNew Orleans! Since that day, Dans music has inspired thousands, and many more have also been inspired by his personal philosophy of focusing on the positive, refusing to accept limits, and living life with an open heart. Today, the young man who was once shunned and called monster by his neighbors is very much in demand as a public speaker and travels the country encouraging others to not just overcome lifes hardships, but to view adversity as a gift that can drive us toward reaching our full potential.This is Dans first book.

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Also by Dan Caro NO-HAND DAN COMPILATION VOLUME 1 CD available at - photo 1

Also by Dan Caro

NO-HAND DAN COMPILATION, VOLUME 1
(CD; available at: www.dancaro.com)

Other Hay House Books with Steve Erwin

LED BY FAITH:
Rising from the Ashes of the Rwandan Genocide,
by Immacule Ilibagiza, with Steve Erwin

LEFT TO TELL:
Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust,
by Immacule Ilibagiza, with Steve Erwin

OUR LADY OF KIBEHO:
Mary Speaks to the World from the Heart of Africa,
by Immacule Ilibagiza, with Steve Erwin

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Copyright 2010 by Dan Caro

Published and distributed in the United States by: Hay House, Inc.: www.hayhouse.com Published and distributed in Australia by: Hay House Australia Pty. Ltd.: www.hayhouse.com.au Published and distributed in the United Kingdom by: Hay House UK, Ltd.: www.hayhouse.co.uk Published and distributed in the Republic of South Africa by: Hay House SA (Pty), Ltd.: www.hayhouse.co.za Distributed in Canada by: Raincoast: www.raincoast.com Published in India by: Hay House Publishers India: www.hayhouse.co.in

Editorial supervision: Jill Kramer Project editor: Shannon Littrell Design: Riann Bender Interior photos: Courtesy of the author, unless otherwise noted

Certain names have been changed to protect individuals privacy.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any mechanical, photographic, or electronic process, or in the form of a phonographic recording; nor may it be stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or otherwise be copied for public or private use other than for fair use as brief quotations embodied in articles and reviewswithout prior written permission of the publisher.

The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Caro, Dan.

The gift of fire : how I made adversity work for me / Dan Caro with Steve Erwin. -- 1st ed.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-1-4019-2660-1 (hardcover)

1. Caro, Dan, 1979- 2. Burns and scalds--Patients--Louisiana--New Orleans Region--Biography. 3. Burns and scalds--Patients--Rehabilitation. 4. Jazz musicians--Louisiana--New Orleans Region--Biography. 5. Drummers (Musicians)--Louisiana--New Orleans--Biography. 6. New Orleans Region (La.)--Biography. I. Erwin, Steve. II. Title.

RD96.4.C373 2010

617.11092--dc22

[B]

2009049490

ISBN: 978-1-4019-2660-1

13 12 11 10 4 3 2 1
1st edition, March 2010

Printed in the United States of America

For my parents, John and Marilyn
the strongest souls Ive ever known.

Contents

You are about to read a book that will forever change your concept of the word impossible.

Dan Caros story will introduce you to a whole new way of looking at the power of the human spirit. Somewhere within the soul of this young man, there exists a kind of magical vision that has allowed him to overcome the most challenging and difficult set of circumstances and emerge as a role model for all of us. This inner vision not only made a survivor out of Dan, but it has given him the ability to live his life at a level that most peopleespecially those who have never been confronted by such challengescouldnt even imagine for themselves.

When I first heard about all that Dan had been through, I was deeply and profoundly moved by his unwillingness to make excuses for anything in his life and God knows he certainly would have been forgiven had he not made that choice. Had Dan just given up after being terribly burned as a two-year-old, everyone would have understood and explained it away as the natural result of a horrifying accident. But in some mysterious way, he simply refused to travel that road. Instead, he calls what happened to him his gift of fire, and he has made his life an example for all of us to admire and attempt to emulate.

I met Dan as I was making preparations for a national PBS special based on my book Excuses Begone! I immediately asked him to come on board with me and provide a firsthand, live example of someone overcoming enormous adversity sans any and all excuse making. Dan rocked the audience and absolutely blew me away, giving a stirring performance of how to be a world-class drummer without the benefit of hands.

Dan is one of the most inspirational people I have ever had the privilege of meeting. I love his message, and I love the man even more. I know that his story will not only fill you with admiration for his truly remarkable achievements over the past 28 years, but it will also help you realize the truth in the old maxim: Nothing is impossible to a determined soul.

I encouraged Dan to write this book after receiving thousands of letters from people who told me how much inspiration they received from watching him on my PBS special. I love the beautifully honest rendition hes given of his life in these pages. Yet nothing written here (or anywhere) can begin to depict the soul of Dan Caro. His determination and courage leave me in awe, and his sense of humor about it all leaves me breathless. His original title for his book was Look, Ma, No Hands! That says a lot about the character of my friend Dan Caro, about whom I say, Look, everyone, no excuses!

Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
Maui, Hawaii

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I was born just a stones throw from the Big Easy. My mother gave birth to me in the heart of bayou country in the old southeastern Louisiana town of Metairie. Thats right outside the one and only city of New Orleans.

There are two things you cant escape in New Orleans: the humidity and the music. If youre lucky enough to call this place home, the humidity is a burden you learn to live with, and the music is a penetrating joy you never want to go too long without. And if youre a musician especially a jazz drummerwhat better place to grow up than the birthplace of jazz itself?

New Orleans has its own cadence, a rhythm fashioned centuries ago amidst the cultural clash of its first inhabitants and the subsequent blending of African, European, and Latin musical traditions. What evolved was a rhythm that is distinctively American, and as primitive and potent as the human heartbeat. Its a rhythm that has given birth to countless new harmonious styles, from jazz to zydeco, from Cajun music to the Delta Blues. Its an inherently soulful sound that has endured wars and disease, hurricanes and floods. But its also woven into the tapestry of daily life in the Big Easy, part of everything from funeral processions to prayer meetings, from garage jam sessions to smoke-filled Bourbon Street jazz clubs, from the smallest music festival to Mardi Gras itself.

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