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What We Can Learn from Christopher Reeves
Success comes in different ways. It is hard to achieve and sometimes even harder to hold on to. An example is Christopher Reeves. Unluckily, his rise to stardom was short lived because of a horse riding accident that left him tetraplegic and wheel-chair ridden.
Let us first focus on his career as an actor, the one that caught our attention and gave life to Superman on its 1978 rendition. He was better known for this job but he had a long career on drama. He started early on his life as an apprentice in Williamstown Theatre Festival. He built his career with charisma and work ethics. It seemed as if everything came easy to him, with a seductive look and an always-ready hair style, but his debut as an actor was a flop. “Somewhere in Time” was first aired on 1980 and received crude reviews that described it as too sentimental. Even though it was the first of a series of disappointments, he kept going, minding his business and doing his best as an actor. The road to success is rocky and it cannot be measured upon third parties opinion, when there is a clear goal and the source of sincere criticism comes from within you are unstoppable.
When he reached fame, his luck turned its back on him. He suffered a serious spinal injury that left him paraplegic. But he reinvented himself as an activist to better the life of people suffering what he was going through. He died on October, 2014 but left a world where society is more aware of the affliction that disabled people have and with an institute that furthers the agenda of quadriplegic victims.
On both sides of his life one can see that he had an internal drive that made his dreams come true and that even when he was dealt a bad hand, he did not isolate himself but instead became an activist for a worthy cause.
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Let us first focus on his career as an actor, the one that caught our attention and gave life to Superman on its 1978 rendition. He was better known for this job but he had a long career on drama. He started early on his life as an apprentice in Williamstown Theatre Festival. He built his career with charisma and work ethics. It seemed as if everything came easy to him, with a seductive look and an always-ready hair style, but his debut as an actor was a flop. “Somewhere in Time” was first aired on 1980 and received crude reviews that described it as too sentimental. Even though it was the first of a series of disappointments, he kept going, minding his business and doing his best as an actor. The road to success is rocky and it cannot be measured upon third parties opinion, when there is a clear goal and the source of sincere criticism comes from within you are unstoppable.
When he reached fame, his luck turned its back on him. He suffered a serious spinal injury that left him paraplegic. But he reinvented himself as an activist to better the life of people suffering what he was going through. He died on October, 2014 but left a world where society is more aware of the affliction that disabled people have and with an institute that furthers the agenda of quadriplegic victims.
On both sides of his life one can see that he had an internal drive that made his dreams come true and that even when he was dealt a bad hand, he did not isolate himself but instead became an activist for a worthy cause.
If you want to read more, please visit www.christlewisbooks.com
