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Hello, everyone, and welcome to Liberty. Dad's midweek moment for February 26 2020. As February is Black History Month will draw insight from historical black figures you may be unfamiliar with. We're wrapping up Black History Month this time not with a quote but an inspirational life. Today's insight comes from Bessie Coleman. Miss Coleman was born in 18 62 and died in 1926 at the unfortunate early age of 34. Miss Coleman was part Cherokee and part African American. Many people might remember hearing all sorts of stories about how their grandfather walked so many miles to school in such and such weather. Well, it turns out that Ms Coleman actually did that. She walked four miles every day to school and that four mile walk that didn't stop her from becoming an outstanding math student. Eventually, as she got older, she moved to Chicago, where she worked as a manicurist and in a chili parlor. Miss Coleman had a dream to be an aviator. Unfortunately, during that time, it was very difficult, almost impossible for a woman to be in aviator, much less Ah, black woman, much less a Native American woman. Upon the advice of appear, she moved across the Atlantic to Europe in order to train as an aviator. However, before she did, she enrolled in school and learned French so that she could go to France and get her license. And she did. She came back to the U. S. And realized that her best option was to become a stunt flyer. However, she would require more training. So again, she crossed the Atlantic and left for the Netherlands and then on to Germany, where she acquired more training, came back and launched her career, and her career was successful. She managed to oh wow crowds and even became a popular speaker. She would encourage other people of color toe, learn how to fly, and she refused to attended events that did not admit African Americans in the audience. Unfortunately, on April 30th in 1926 she died in a tragic accident at 34 years old here in Jacksonville, Florida Her funeral in Chicago was attended by 10,000 people. The takeaway here is Bessie grew up in a sharecropper home, but that didn't stop her. Neither did be in part African American or part native American or a woman, all of which had limitations at the time. Life is defined by what you go after. There will always be limitations. Those limitations can stop you, or they can encourage you to find a way. This was said of Bessie by Lieutenant William J. Powell after her death. Because of Bessie Coleman, we have overcome that, which was worse than racial barriers. We have overcome the barriers within ourselves and dare to dream. When you think about Bessie Coleman's life, think about what barriers you face and ask yourself. Am I allowing these barriers to be a limitation or an encouragement to find a way? That's all I have for this week. Be sure to check out other episodes at Liberty dad dot com. You can also search for Liberty, Dad and Liberty Dad podcast on Facebook and D. L underscored Liberty Dad on Twitter Liberty. Dad is also on all major hosting service is Be sure to tell your friends and remember, if you're a champion of liberty, your businesses, people and your product is liberty, have a great week