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MY IDOL
An idol is someone who give you inspiration based on the personality and contribution. Based on this, the inspiration might change you in a certain way. Everyone has their own idol. Your mom can be your idol, your dad or maybe someone that not even related to you. We can also have multiple idol for each aspect of life. In my life, there is one person that really inspired me. Which is Keanu Reeves.
Keanu Reeves inspired me not by his money or achievement as an actor. Although the stories about how a dyslexia boy from Beirut became a Hollywood actor is might interest people but for me the stories after he become famous really deserve some recognition.In 1999, Keanu’s career skyrocketed when he got the lead role in the action classic The Matrix. He successfully mastered an extremely physically demanding role that has, according to some estimates, added more than $30 million to his bank account.
But ominous clouds were gathering over Keanu’s life.
His sister was diagnosed with leukaemia. Although the public is unaware of it, Keanu donated a lot of money to cancer charities and organisation. It was during the period of making Matrix that he met a woman who would change his life and her name was Jennifer Syme. A year into their relationship and Syme was pregnant. The couple didn’t tie the knot but they started living together, eagerly awaiting the baby’s arrival.That day came too soon. In fact, the baby was born prematurely in the eighth month and unfortunately, there was nothing doctors could do to save the little girl.
Coming back from a house party on the morning of April 2, 2001, Jennifer Syme lost control over her vehicle and crashed into a row of parked cars in Los Angeles. She died instantly. Her body was laid to rest next to their late daughter in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. Losing a child and the love of his life shortly thereafter broke Keanu’s heart into tiny pieces.
Even though his fortune is estimated at around one hundred million dollars, Keanu still rides the subway and it is not uncommon to see him on a sidewalk talking to a homeless man. His life hasn’t been easy but he still sports a friendly smile on his face without letting the fame warp him.Reeves took the most painful parts of his life and found inspiration in them. He never stopped grieving or forgot about the loss, but he found a way to channel it into his movies and his book. This painful sincerity might be why his work continues to touch people’s hearts all around the
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