Before I die I want to... | Candy Chang
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- In her New Orleans neighborhood, artist and TED Fellow Candy Chang turned an abandoned house into a giant chalkboard asking a fill-in-the-blank question: "Before I die I want to ___." Her neighbors' answers -- surprising, poignant, funny -- became an unexpected mirror for the community. (What's your answer?)
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Many years ago I passed by a wall like this. I forget what I wrote, but I'm glad to see who did it.
Before I die, I want to live.
Before I die, I want to... have a TED talk of my own.
have you done it?
before i die , i want to bring all the best things to my parents
*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!
Before I die I want to see what real, silly love feels like
Me too :)
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?
Me too
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
Wow, this video is beautiful. Your vulnerability is beautiful. "Thinking about death clarifies your life"...goosebumps!
Before I die, I want to see a society that takes better care of their health and starts living green and apply the concepts.
"Before I die I want to, understand."
This one stood out to me.
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.
Before I die, I want to make someone happy.
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.
BEFORE I DIE, I want to free myself from shame, stigma, and from expectation
before i die...i want to be an inspiration for millions across the globe!
before i die, i want to inspire people.
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
Before I die, I want to become the person that people spend their lives waiting for.
Before I die, I want to make people happy with what I say/write.
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.”.
I just returned from a funeral and found this very supportive.
Thank you
Candy!
before i die i wanna make people who i love happy
before i die i want to see my grandma one more time. :)
Before I die I want to love myself completely.
hey how are u now ?
@@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.
@@maxbabybaby that's nice man !! Thanks for replying after all these days
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.
Before I die, I want to feel to the fullest of my ability.
we have same goal :>
:)
Before i die i want to be in peace.
Before I die, I want to live at least 1 full year unburdened by scars of my upbringing.
before i die, i want to become lifetime besties with someone.
Before I die I want to be the best ever authentic version of myself.
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!
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.
before i die i want to live
While I'm alive, I want to experience as much as I can.
before I die I want to become the person that inspires others
Before I die... I want to fall in love again.
Simon Me too
😔😔
Before I die, I want to have happy with all my life and live with my finished goals.
keep on doing wut u wanna do girl !
Before I die I want to explore the whole world &’ to stop being afraid. I want to feel free.
...I want to be the better person that I can be.
Before I die I want to ask for forgiveness from my parents for pain and suffering i have caused them
Thank you Candy for sharing the inner part of you with us . Lots of lessons to learn .
I did it in Sziget Festival in Budapest! Love it! Made me talk about things I would never say out loud. Amazing 🙏
Before I Die, I want to travel the world!
before i die, I want to be someone to be proud of.
Before I die I want to feel like I've done something meaningful with my life
before i die i want to hold him one more time
my dad
Before i die i want to know exactly what i want to do
This is awesome! Thank you! A great reminder to focus on whats important!
Before I die I want to realize that "I" have always been and will always be a part of the universe.
Before I die, I want to help my family and friends find peace in their lives.
Before I die, I want to find my own personal brand of happiness.
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.
Before I die I want to learn to love unconditionally 💙
Made me tear up. This is inspiring.
Thank you for leading to the discussion about death - and planning for it - in order to lead our best life! Keep living your passion!
Before I die, I want to have memories to remember
@Bea uty omg i forgot about that comment and it made me so happy now, i literally have the best time ever lately
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.
Before I die, I want to love myself
Before I die... I want to live forever.
i cried
Before I die, I want to publish my novel!
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!!
Before I die, I want to figure out why do I exist
before i die i want to help save pandas.
Bram Casey good news. pandas are already saved
Bram Casey me too!! :)🌎🐼
This speaker’s voice is so sultry and soothing.
before i die, i want to survive!
+수지김 ㅋㅋ
Before I die, I want to have enough confidence to tell him I love him
Truly inspirational! Turning an uninhabitable house into a place where strangers reach out to each other with their most innermost dreams.
My school is getting us to post in my lifetime.... all over the place. Reading them all really makes me smile
before i die, i want to test my maximum potential, want to see how far i can achieve in my life, health, wealth, love,
you gonna finish your sentence buddy?
Before I die I want to meet her one more time :(
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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.
One of the best talks
This is encouraging. Thank you...
Before I die I want to increase my intelligence up to 190.
Are you really Albert Einstein? =))
@@daoanh1162 yeah sure he is
I saw one of these walls/art installations in Kimberley BC around 2014ish. Very cool idea
Nice to see that her idea went global.
I like the way her mind works, its these sorts of things that enrich a society.
Before I die, I want to travel the world with my friends
Before i die, i want eternal life
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.
I felt unmovitated and I had suicidal thoughts. these videos help me a lot so thank you
Yo estoy aquí por la tarea de inglés
Soy el único que a escrito en español?
Before I die, I want to write in this wall what I want to do at that moment.
... i want to say this- i met a girl in the discoteca help in rio and i have been 2 times there and she spoke english as well and as i said i would return in three days she gave me a hug but i never met her again but if yes i would hardly recognise her because it's now 8 years after-
and that there maybe peace in the world
...help spread this idea!
Thank you very much, it was a very touching video.
Wonderful initiative!
Im so sorry for your loss.
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
Nice to see people write the things they want on a wall instead of actually doing them
It's in the description. But in the interest of helping you fulfill your dream, it stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design.
You're welcome. :P
Before I die, I want to live my life how I want to. I want to cover my body in tattoos, get dreads, live like a hippie, be peaceful and not let others tell me what I'm allowed to do. I always get scared because "what kind of job will you get looking like that?" But I'm not going to die, feeling like I never did anything that I didn't want. Life is too short. Regret something you did, and not something that you've never had the chance to do.
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 ^^
Before I die I want to have loved everything.
Wisdom ahead of your age , thank you ❤️
Before I die, I want to enjoy my life enough. That's what lives are for.
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.
I live in Argentina and i wish i could have seen that wall to write on :(
Before I die, I want to cry in happiness
I thought I would sound so clever saying that!
Before I die I want to make the world a better place.
Within the US, yes they are. Which is where this speech was given and recorded.