Battling Adversity, Beating the Odds, and Passing the Tests with Tony Snow

Tony Snow has spent the last few years facing down and sometimes battling the White House Press Corps. But he's also become an inspiration of millions of Americans because of another battle: cancer. For Snow, cancer has become a test. And, like many of us, Snow has had to deal with tests before: a few months before Sept. 11, he and his family were displaced by a major house fire; four years later, he had to tell his wife and young children that he had cancer; and two years later, to tell them the cancer had returned yet again. But he has come to view these tests as blessings — as chances to embrace life more fully and abundantly. Snow's story is a story of optimism in the face of hardship, of determination in the face of fear. But don't expect self-pity when he talks: expect surprise — and expect to leave feeling that you have the power to flip adversity on its back and to help yourself, your loved ones and your friends handle the shocks and setbacks that, in the end, can draw us closer and make us stronger.