He was abandoned by his father at 3 years old and grew up with 3 different stepfathers. He is dyslexic. His dream of becoming a hockey player was shattered by a serious accident. His daughter died at birth. His wife died in a car accident. His best friend, River Phoenix, died of an overdose. His sister battled leukemia.
And with everything that has happened, Keanu Reeves never misses an opportunity to help people in need. When he was filming the movie “The Lake House,” he overheard the conversation of two costume assistants; One cried because he would lose his house if he did not pay $20,000 & on the same day Keanu deposited the necessary amount in the woman’s bank account; He also donated stratospheric sums to hospitals.
In 2010, on his birthday, Keanu walked into a bakery & bought a brioche with a single candle, ate it in front of the bakery, and offered coffee to people who stopped to talk to him.
In 1997 some paparazzi found him walking one morning in the company of a homeless man in Los Angeles, listening to him and sharing his life for a few hours.
Interesting that those who are most broken inside are the ones most willing to help others
This man could buy everything, and instead every day he gets up and chooses one thing that cannot be bought: To be a good person ♥
What builds character is the educational lessons we learn from the school of life. Nothing makes us appreciate the times of our lives more than having survived a horrific existence yet prevails.
What separates those who squander what they have from those who unconditionally give of themselves is the light of humanity and decency that cannot be born from an ask but from what we know internally from having gone through it financially, physically, and emotionally while wishing it not befall any we come in contact with.
Keanu Reeves is the guiding light for decency and a role model for the many struggling in a nation where some fight individual freedoms and mindfulness with every voting and angry breath they take while the better angels defy the broken path they work on and repair every day so others may follow.
I've been a weekend filmmaker/photographer in Seattle, Washington, since 1999. I enjoy routine weekend outings to live concerts, as well as my passion for photography and videography in the form of live music videos.
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