Less than a month ago, we all grieved the loss of talented, smart, top-of-his-game but oh so human and warm Tim Russert. How I wish I did not need to write this.... Now we must say farewell to another magnificent journalist and person who is gone way too soon: Tony Snow.
How can you not admire, respect and care about a man who could look at life like this?
Every cancer patient has gone through these moments where you feel a little tweak or twinge and all the sudden you’re convinced that the cancer has sort of put on its track shoes and run all over your body.” “You’re able to discard all the things that don’t matter [when diagnosed], and focus on the things that do matter. You remember what life’s blessings are. As you may already know, all the things that are wonderful become more intensely wonderful. And the things you love you love immensely. And so you get a kind of joy and appreciation of the little things. There is a choice to be made – and that choice is whether you engage, or whether you let fear govern your life. A lot of times people allow their fears to dictate their lives and they kill themselves. But if you allow love, faith, joy, and determination to enter in you really increase your chances of winning. Each and every person I talked to [who had also been diagnosed with cancer], shared the same theme – that attitude and faith mean a whole lot, and if you get your head screwed on right you can help yourself. And that makes it easier for others to support you, as well.
Comments