Before I die I want to... | Candy Chang

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  • @MelodyLiuJade
    @MelodyLiuJade 8 років тому +56

    Many years ago I passed by a wall like this. I forget what I wrote, but I'm glad to see who did it.

  • @linahuynh8277
    @linahuynh8277 8 років тому +92

    before i die , i want to bring all the best things to my parents

  • @hphong28
    @hphong28 8 років тому +153

    Before I die, I want to... have a TED talk of my own.

  • @Natalie-mr1ky
    @Natalie-mr1ky 6 років тому +28

    *Before I die* I want to hug all my loved ones and let them know how thankful I am for them, how special they are to me and how much I love them!

  • @joebazooks
    @joebazooks 12 років тому +36

    "Before I die I want to, understand."
    This one stood out to me.

  • @andra_
    @andra_ 8 років тому +87

    Wow, this video is beautiful. Your vulnerability is beautiful. "Thinking about death clarifies your life"...goosebumps!

  • @williamzaffer8783
    @williamzaffer8783 10 років тому +28

    Before I die, I want to see a society that takes better care of their health and starts living green and apply the concepts.

  • @sunshineforce
    @sunshineforce 11 років тому +158

    Before I die I want to see what real, silly love feels like

    • @celia.aaaaaaaa
      @celia.aaaaaaaa 6 років тому +3

      Me too :)

    • @gordypingel2325
      @gordypingel2325 4 роки тому +7

      It is the best thing on Earth, whether from your better half or an amazingly silly little offspring. I wish the both for you two. The way I found love like that was putting my silly, crazy heart on my sleeve and allowing myself to get hurt, to take risks with love. Love openly, bravely, and fiercely...at the end of our story what else really matters besides love?

    • @muslimakabir3897
      @muslimakabir3897 4 роки тому +1

      Me too

    • @MustangBobGT
      @MustangBobGT 3 роки тому +1

      Before we all die we should spend more time on us not others... Take this in mind ..... Why do you feel the need to help someone when you can't or won't help your self.... So there ya go we get tought it's not right if we don't help others when we our selfs suffer take some time for your self have a vacation have some fun

  • @LucyWhiskers
    @LucyWhiskers 5 років тому +16

    This is crazy... my grandpa passed away a few years back and my family and I have been struggling like crazy ever since. Not just with his death but with a lot of other losses over the past decade. I clicked on this video very randomly out of a list that my online class provided for me. I already loved this girl when I heard her talking about her loss, but then I realized something... I have one of these walls where I live. It's a huge cube covered with glass at a mall near my home. I had no idea there was a story behind it, I thought it was just a random thing the mall did. I feel like I was absolutely meant to see this video.

  • @LucasHowes1985
    @LucasHowes1985 8 років тому +42

    Before I die, I want to make someone happy.

  • @lehisalonga11
    @lehisalonga11 7 років тому +30

    BEFORE I DIE, I want to free myself from shame, stigma, and from expectation

  • @mayarimary
    @mayarimary 8 років тому +50

    Before I die, I want to become the person that people spend their lives waiting for.

  • @igorsets5304
    @igorsets5304 9 років тому +18

    Time and people are two the most important things. You can't enjoy one without the other as well as you can't enjoy anything else without the two. Don't forget what really matters.

  • @sauravsultania5223
    @sauravsultania5223 11 років тому +21

    before i die...i want to be an inspiration for millions across the globe!

  • @KBKong
    @KBKong 8 років тому +30

    before i die, i want to inspire people.

  • @ChitraNair97
    @ChitraNair97 8 років тому +25

    Before I die, I want to make people happy with what I say/write.

  • @yuuk3n
    @yuuk3n 6 років тому +26

    Before I die I want to...
    -experience living without Internet/technology just simple with nature.
    -see people United
    -see people singing one song together
    -Change the world

  • @kevinlydot12
    @kevinlydot12 12 років тому +4

    I just returned from a funeral and found this very supportive.
    Thank you
    Candy!

  • @traninhduy1690
    @traninhduy1690 8 років тому +27

    before i die i wanna make people who i love happy

  • @kimrodriguez497
    @kimrodriguez497 9 років тому +19

    I felt a little more enlightened today and this brought me to wonder of my own aspirations in which i hope to fulfill before i die. I think this is wonderful way for people to express there hopes and dreams and also be reminded that we all have hopes and dreams. So in a sense we are all connected through those wants. I find that to realize that about yourself and others(even if it's just the people around the corner) to be something mighty powerful.

  • @JiwooSong-s3y
    @JiwooSong-s3y 8 років тому +42

    before i die i want to see my grandma one more time. :)

  • @maxbabybaby
    @maxbabybaby 12 років тому +14

    Before I die I want to love myself completely.

    • @monukeys1105
      @monukeys1105 2 роки тому

      hey how are u now ?

    • @maxbabybaby
      @maxbabybaby 2 роки тому

      @@monukeys1105 Definitely on my way. Was in a very dark place nine years ago but I definitely have learned to give myself grace and patience and not be quite so hard on myself. Thanks for bringing me back to my 18 year old wish. Going to keep working hard for her.

    • @monukeys1105
      @monukeys1105 2 роки тому +1

      @@maxbabybaby that's nice man !! Thanks for replying after all these days

  • @torbs37
    @torbs37 11 років тому +6

    Before I die, I want to live at least 1 full year unburdened by scars of my upbringing.

  • @cerak8116
    @cerak8116 4 роки тому +3

    Life is confusing and complex, and the insecurity heightens as it accumulates through passing time. When I look back at my child hood, I remember having tons and tons of things I wanted to do or have. But now, everything feels hazy and rather distant, distorted by the many things I’ve felt and learned as I matured. Maybe, deep down, I still long for those random child-hood wishes. But the difference between now and then, is that now I know what I am capable of and what I’m not. The process of perceiving was painful and weary, and I got heart broken by numerous things that I never thought were capable of destroying me. I lost a lot of laughter and passion on the way, and loosing my dreams came very gradually.
    But after listening to the speech, even in such a short duration of time, I felt whole. I felt like myself again.
    Looking at the things that people had written about what they wanted to do before they died took me through nostalgia.
    I felt alive and clarified by the contradiction of pleasure and sadness, and I couldn’t relate more to her statement of “Preparing for death is one of the most empowering things you can do. Thinking about death clarifies your life.”.

  • @likabaws1153
    @likabaws1153 10 років тому +23

    Before i die i want to be in peace.

  • @HardCoreSoneNasz
    @HardCoreSoneNasz 8 років тому +13

    Before I die I want to be the best ever authentic version of myself.

  • @sylvrain
    @sylvrain 8 років тому +38

    Before I die, I want to feel to the fullest of my ability.

    • @rickvian
      @rickvian 8 років тому +3

      we have same goal :>

    • @sylvrain
      @sylvrain 8 років тому

      :)

  • @AmetafJohora
    @AmetafJohora 5 років тому +3

    i watched this video for a class but i just wanna let y'all know, i'm rly proud of this comment section not being cynical and pessimistic. love y'all!

  • @ashley2819
    @ashley2819 6 років тому +5

    before i die, i want to become lifetime besties with someone.

  • @daisy_elle_
    @daisy_elle_ 7 років тому +9

    before I die I want to become the person that inspires others

  • @jimricks1
    @jimricks1 11 років тому +2

    Thank you Candy! Our minister showed this as part of his sermon yesterday. This work has made quite an impact on my thinking about community building. At 70 I am just beginning to see a world of opportunity in my own city. It resonates with recently reading Jane Jacobs on the Life and Death of cities....and also current involvement in a campaign for a Green Party candidate. These ideas create an opportunity to look at community building with humor and a joyful heart.

  • @nicejoshua
    @nicejoshua 11 років тому +10

    Before I die I want to feel like I've done something meaningful with my life

  • @MrID36
    @MrID36 12 років тому +8

    While I'm alive, I want to experience as much as I can.

  • @abbeymabon869
    @abbeymabon869 8 років тому +27

    before i die i want to live

  • @peanutbutter2617
    @peanutbutter2617 5 років тому +5

    before i die, I want to be someone to be proud of.

  • @rainydays4739
    @rainydays4739 9 років тому +23

    Before I Die, I want to travel the world!

  • @purestrlvl56
    @purestrlvl56 12 років тому +2

    her message was so strong, so well transmitted, that we, the people of youtube, made youtube our chalkboard, because this is our community!
    Before i die, i want to meet the most amount of people i can, from all around the world.

  • @nganbui-ks3or
    @nganbui-ks3or 8 років тому +11

    Before I die, I want to have happy with all my life and live with my finished goals.

    • @traninhduy1690
      @traninhduy1690 8 років тому +1

      keep on doing wut u wanna do girl !

  • @dsethi05
    @dsethi05 12 років тому +1

    Thank you Candy for sharing the inner part of you with us . Lots of lessons to learn .

  • @D3ck3rCain
    @D3ck3rCain 12 років тому +6

    Before I die, I want to help my family and friends find peace in their lives.

  • @maayans.181
    @maayans.181 7 років тому +1

    I did it in Sziget Festival in Budapest! Love it! Made me talk about things I would never say out loud. Amazing 🙏

  • @tony_starch
    @tony_starch 11 років тому +3

    Before I die, I want to find my own personal brand of happiness.

  • @brod2man
    @brod2man 12 років тому +3

    Before I die I want to realize that "I" have always been and will always be a part of the universe.

  • @advogadoedmundoolinda
    @advogadoedmundoolinda 8 років тому +21

    ...I want to be the better person that I can be.

  • @martaskorupa6222
    @martaskorupa6222 8 років тому +7

    Before I die, I want to have memories to remember

    • @martaskorupa6222
      @martaskorupa6222 4 роки тому

      @Bea uty omg i forgot about that comment and it made me so happy now, i literally have the best time ever lately

  • @lifeoflupe1622
    @lifeoflupe1622 4 роки тому +3

    Before I die I want to explore the whole world &’ to stop being afraid. I want to feel free.

  • @khanhlinhnee
    @khanhlinhnee 8 років тому +15

    Before i die i want to know exactly what i want to do

  • @bramcasey5979
    @bramcasey5979 8 років тому +34

    before i die i want to help save pandas.

    • @remyremy2293
      @remyremy2293 7 років тому +3

      Bram Casey good news. pandas are already saved

    • @celia.aaaaaaaa
      @celia.aaaaaaaa 6 років тому +1

      Bram Casey me too!! :)🌎🐼

  • @nishatj
    @nishatj 10 років тому +22

    before i die i want to hold him one more time

  • @celia.aaaaaaaa
    @celia.aaaaaaaa 6 років тому +5

    Before I die I want to learn to love unconditionally 💙

  • @alberteinstein3198
    @alberteinstein3198 8 років тому +34

    Before I die I want to increase my intelligence up to 190.

    • @daoanh1162
      @daoanh1162 8 років тому +3

      Are you really Albert Einstein? =))

    • @tw3223
      @tw3223 5 років тому

      @@daoanh1162 yeah sure he is

  • @simonpeterdebbarma
    @simonpeterdebbarma 8 років тому +50

    Before I die... I want to fall in love again.

  • @missyrandom336
    @missyrandom336 12 років тому +6

    Before I die, I want to have enough confidence to tell him I love him

  • @MsRoseCa
    @MsRoseCa 12 років тому +1

    Truly inspirational! Turning an uninhabitable house into a place where strangers reach out to each other with their most innermost dreams.

  • @Morgan-cn2kp
    @Morgan-cn2kp 6 років тому +4

    Before I die, I want to travel the world with my friends

  • @Dionmusci
    @Dionmusci 11 років тому +1

    You're right, a lot of times, we think of ideas that we want to do in our life but never realize them. I think it's important that we write things down, or realize at least the ideas we have in our heads so that we can organize these things according to what is most important to us, what we would make the most impact in based on our own strengths and weaknesses. Having the list of ideas is definitely a starting part.

  • @izzahmasinin2656
    @izzahmasinin2656 6 років тому +4

    Before I die, I want to love myself

  • @immylyons
    @immylyons 6 років тому +1

    There was one of these boards where I live outside the library and I am so glad I got to hear the story behind it!!

  • @Zyenth
    @Zyenth 12 років тому +5

    Before I die... I want to live forever.

  • @고양이-g8b
    @고양이-g8b 9 років тому +21

    before i die, i want to survive!

  • @DeathToDoListLastdayunknown
    @DeathToDoListLastdayunknown 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for leading to the discussion about death - and planning for it - in order to lead our best life! Keep living your passion!

  • @adityakumarseth7963
    @adityakumarseth7963 4 роки тому +3

    Before I die I want to ask for forgiveness from my parents for pain and suffering i have caused them

  • @mayarimary
    @mayarimary 8 років тому +17

    i cried

  • @anjanamk1558
    @anjanamk1558 4 роки тому +2

    Before I die, I want to write in this wall what I want to do at that moment.

  • @메리-n2d
    @메리-n2d 6 років тому +5

    Before I die, I want to publish my novel!

  • @saltbreads
    @saltbreads 12 років тому +2

    Made me tear up. This is inspiring.

  • @tammmmus
    @tammmmus 12 років тому +2

    One of my fellow classmates took his life on Friday, March 1. He was in my newspaper class when we watched this video together. As a class, we each wrote our own "Before I die..." In honor of the boy who shared his dreams to fly with me, I want to start a Before I Die project at my school by making a wall and printing shirts. Each of us would write our own dreams on the line and wear them in honor of Campbell. With the proceeds we make, I wanted to donate that to a teen suicide prevention org.

  • @jayeundefined
    @jayeundefined 11 років тому

    My school is getting us to post in my lifetime.... all over the place. Reading them all really makes me smile

  • @nguyenthaihung3294
    @nguyenthaihung3294 10 років тому +12

    Before I die I want to meet her one more time :(

    • @NhungHong-db4qb
      @NhungHong-db4qb 8 років тому

      thế bạn đã gặp được cô ấy chưa

  • @pausetv5639
    @pausetv5639 12 років тому +1

    Nice to see that her idea went global.
    I like the way her mind works, its these sorts of things that enrich a society.

  • @abdulazizabduqodirov4348
    @abdulazizabduqodirov4348 5 років тому +4

    Before I die, I want to figure out why do I exist

  • @ashome13
    @ashome13 6 років тому +8

    This speaker’s voice is so sultry and soothing.

  • @LifestyleofBeauty
    @LifestyleofBeauty 11 років тому +1

    This is awesome! Thank you! A great reminder to focus on whats important!

  • @coolchick2597
    @coolchick2597 11 років тому +1

    I just watched this 4 days ago...then yesterday I actually spotted a 'Before I die...' blackboard in near the Hop Exchange in London, it was pleasant surprise ^^

  • @unleavenedbread
    @unleavenedbread 4 роки тому +3

    Before i die, i want eternal life

  • @mintmint4537
    @mintmint4537 5 років тому +1

    Before I die, I want to cry in happiness

  • @symbiosister
    @symbiosister 12 років тому +4

    I thought I would sound so clever saying that!

  • @rickvian
    @rickvian 8 років тому +5

    before i die, i want to test my maximum potential, want to see how far i can achieve in my life, health, wealth, love,

    • @annikurr
      @annikurr 5 років тому

      you gonna finish your sentence buddy?

  • @maxwellsch
    @maxwellsch 12 років тому +3

    Before I die, I want to live.

  • @schmiigle
    @schmiigle 11 років тому +1

    oh wow someone started this up where i go to church in london seven sisters.. it's amazing how ideas spread. i'd love to start something like this

  • @amadangelandme
    @amadangelandme 11 років тому +3

    Before I die I want to have loved everything.

  • @DefenestrateWindows
    @DefenestrateWindows 12 років тому

    I don't accept the notion that there is something because there is not evidence other than old books that demonstrates there is something else. Everything points to nothing. There is nothing about us that persists after we die. I like this video because it makes us think about what we have and, at least for me, it makes me realize that this time we have is short and precious. Lets make the most of it and stop worrying about what happens after the end. We should all live the best life we can.

  • @laughingdolphin8448
    @laughingdolphin8448 5 років тому +1

    Before I die I want to tell my friends how much I love them :)

  • @yeawon-q5h
    @yeawon-q5h 3 роки тому +2

    Before I die, I want to enjoy my life enough. That's what lives are for.

  • @yoooonnnn
    @yoooonnnn 6 років тому +1

    Before I die I want to make the world a better place.

  • @wyattgrainger9416
    @wyattgrainger9416 Рік тому

    I saw one of these walls/art installations in Kimberley BC around 2014ish. Very cool idea

  • @Ptc417
    @Ptc417 11 років тому +1

    I love her talk!! Especially at the IIDA Leader's Breakfast! So inspirational!!

  • @dylawarnasaurus
    @dylawarnasaurus 11 років тому +2

    Before I die, I want to live forever. Then I could make a paradox reality.

  • @andy4an
    @andy4an 11 років тому

    0:56 shows an abandoned building in Fairbanks Alaska.
    I hate that building. There is already plenty of residential and commercial space in the town, and renovating it would be more expensive than the space would be worth. It should be destroyed, but the city would have to pay for it, as the land owner has defaulted. Its ugly, but removing it and putting something else there would not necessarily revitalize the downtown area. I have no idea what to do there.

  • @Rikaz13
    @Rikaz13 12 років тому

    Nice to see people write the things they want on a wall instead of actually doing them

  • @jtejas159
    @jtejas159 6 років тому +1

    Before I die I want to make the world a little better

  • @wishingwa454
    @wishingwa454 7 років тому +2

    Before I die, I want to be at peace with myself

  • @joshuaisgreatgamail
    @joshuaisgreatgamail 11 років тому +6

    Before I die I want to learn more about music

  • @catuwu-logix
    @catuwu-logix 3 роки тому +1

    Before I die I want to Awake

  • @laAlquimistadePlata
    @laAlquimistadePlata 5 років тому +1

    I live in Argentina and i wish i could have seen that wall to write on :(

  • @JJHula
    @JJHula 12 років тому +5

    Before I die I want to be an influential artist and find my soulmate

  • @LeonidasGGG
    @LeonidasGGG 12 років тому

    Goverment should have something like this on the internet were you could tell what you want, or change, in several, areas such as education, health, etc.

  • @joebazooks
    @joebazooks 12 років тому

    Ha, I didn't notice that. Clever response. Wanting to understand still packs a bigger punch, in my opinion, as most of us are okay already with not understanding, yet most of us don't really understand much at all.

  • @aminar840
    @aminar840 12 років тому

    Before I die, I want to experience the joy a footballer has when he scores the final goal in the world cup that gets his team the trophy.

  • @a.raniiii_
    @a.raniiii_ 6 років тому

    I felt unmovitated and I had suicidal thoughts. these videos help me a lot so thank you