WordPress Daily Writing Prompt: Q: What are your thoughts on the concept of living a very long life?
Answer: Keanu Reeves in this interview was talking about one of his movies where the character has to save the universe and if the character fails to do so, the space-time continuum would be destroyed and all creatures would die — the host improvisationally asked, as some sort of a joke, “Wow… What do you think happens when we die, Keanu Reeves?”
(At the height of his career as the globally highest earning actor, Keanu Reeves walked away from it all, for ten years, to take care of his sister, Kim, full time, who was then battling leukemia — building a mini-hospital in her house and relocating to stay near where she lives.
She is now healthy and they take vacations together. That’s Keanu)
Here is his spontaneous answer : this spawned a series for the show where every guest from Michelle Obama to Jeremy Renner gave their own answers, all studied, of course, based on belief systems.
The operative phrase in Keanu’s spontaneous answer is, (after he heaves a sigh) “I know that –“ then he gives his answer.
“…I know that – “ is almost a contraction of : With all the belief systems and religions in the world, THIS is what I know…
Here it is:
Original photo by Myra Lambino
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