Can we learn how to live from Keanu Reeves ?

Keanu Reeves is famous for his roles in films like Speed, Matrix series, Constantine, John Wick to name a few. Matrix earned an impressive $463.5 million at the box office and was nominated for and won four Academy Awards. The Matrix is a happy story in a lot of ways, but the life of its star Keanu Reeves is not.

Now 50 years old, Keanu’s life has been full of more tragedy than you would expect from a movie star. Despite each setback, he’s kept pushing forward. It’s helped develop himself into the awesome person that he is on and off the screen.

At the age of three, his father left their family. They stayed in touch for a few years, but after the divorce and moving from city to city, they fell out of contact. Keanu attended four different high schools and struggled with dyslexia, making his education more challenging than it is for most. Eventually he left high school without earning a diploma, though through sheer will, he is an avid reader now.

At the age of 23, his closest friend River Phoenix died of a drug overdose.

In 1998, Keanu met Jennifer Syme. The two fell instantly in love and by 1999, Jennifer was pregnant with their daughter. Sadly, after eight months, their child was born stillborn. They were devastated by her death and it eventually ended their relationship. 18 months later, Syme would die in a car accident.

Keanu became the caretaker for his sister, Kim, after she was diagnosed with leukemia. During his sister's decade-long battle, he has donated privately and publicly to numerous cancer charities, research centers, and hospitals.

Instead of stewing over his pain and losses, as I imagine I would be more inclined to do, Keanu doesn't blame the world. Instead, he uses his free time to make the world a slightly better place. He even set up his own charity but decided against attaching his name to it. Some of the charities he supports are Stand Up to Cancer and the SickKids Foundation.

Just a short shout-out here for a couple of reasons. First of all, Keanu Reeves is probably worth well over $100 million, yet he rides the subway like a normal person. Not only does he ride the subway just like everyone else, but he eventually gives his seat to a woman standing next to him.

This kind gesture is even more impressive because it's very clear Keanu doesn't realize he's being filmed. Maybe he's trying to decrease his carbon footprint, or he wants to connect with people. Either way, it's down-to-earth and generally fantastic.

When he was asked how it is that, through all of his pain, he has maintained his status as one of the nicest guys in the business and stayed so grounded he said:

It's easy to stay grounded. The ground is very close. And we walk on it every day.

And we all keep running after money day and night forgetting about those little moments that we earn from our good deeds. Earning money is not bad but losing our precious limited time with our family and friends for sake of money is a big loss which we keep making everyday.