"MEET JESSICA COX"

Many of us are born on third base. We have and never know the feeling of going without. We go through life living between third base and home with all the comforts imaginable. We never go hungry, go without air in the summer or heat in the winter. We drive everywhere we go in a car that provides us with entertainment and shelter from the weather. We live in nice homes.

Even with all of that, we, or at least I, can have a tendency to complain. The food at the restaurant wasn't very good. The waiter couldn't seem to get it together. We had to wait in line for 45 minutes. The coffee wasn't up to par. No matter what it is, at some point in our life I am pretty sure we have all done it, this man included. In fact, shamefully, I do it way too much.

But for some, it is just the opposite. They were born in between home and first base and spend there entire lives amazing those around them with a WILL POWER that rivals Superman in strength. A will to improve, enhance and inspire not only there lives, but the lives of those around them.

Meet Jessica Cox.

As you can see, Jessica was born without arms. But from a very young age there was something special about Jessica. The only thing it stopped Jessica from is using the word "Can't."

At age 25, she became the nations first and only person to be given a Sport Pilot certificate to fly using only her feet. With one foot manning the controls and the other delicately guiding the steering column, Cox soared. Her certificate qualifies her to fly a light sport aircraft to altitudes of 10,000 feet. "She's a good pilot. She's rock solid," said Parrish Traweek, the flying instructor at San Manuel's Ray Blair Airport.

Parish runs PC Aircraft Maintenance and Flight Services and has trained many pilots, some of whom didn't come close to Cox's ability.

"When she came up here driving a car'" Traweek recalled, "I knew she'd have no problem flying a plane."

Doctors never learned why she was born without arms, but she figured out early that she didn't want to use prosthetic devices.

Jessica, 25, earned her license to fly on October 10, 2008. She also has two black belts in Tae Kwan-Do, a college degree in Psychology, and a thriving career as a motivational speaker.

What doesn't Jessica have? Arms. A bilateral congenital limb deficiency doesn't stop her from achieving and surpassing her goals. From birth on, her feet became her hands. She can drive a car, type 25 words per minute, and fly an airplane using her feet, without any special adaptations.

"I highly encourage people with disabilities to consider flying," Cox said. "It helps reverse the stereotype that people with disabilities are powerless into the belief that they are powerful and capable of setting high goals and achieving them."

In closing, a quick quote from Jessica. "Never let your fears get in the way of your opportunities," Jessica Cox.

Jessica Cox, proof of the Human Spirit.

You can check out her web Page by clicking on JESSICA COX. See her incredible video below.

Until next time,
Chip