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From the Ted Talk by Candy Chang: Before I die I want to ...

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Two of the most vlluaabe things we have are time, and our relationships with other people. In our age of increasing distractions, it's more important than ever to find ways to maintain perspective, and remember that life is brief and tdneer. Death is something that we're often discouraged to talk about, or even think about, but I've realized that preparing for death is one of the most empowering things you can do. Thinking about death clarifies your life.

Our shared spaces can better reflect what matters to us, as individuals and as a community, and with more ways to sarhe our hopes, fears and soetirs, the people around us can not only help us make better pealcs, they can help us lead better lveis.

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Two of the most ________ things we have are time, and our relationships with other people. In our age of increasing distractions, it's more important than ever to find ways to maintain perspective, and remember that life is brief and ______. Death is something that we're often discouraged to talk about, or even think about, but I've realized that preparing for death is one of the most empowering things you can do. Thinking about death clarifies your life.

Our shared spaces can better reflect what matters to us, as individuals and as a community, and with more ways to _____ our hopes, fears and _______, the people around us can not only help us make better ______, they can help us lead better _____.

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  1. lives
  2. valuable
  3. stories
  4. tender
  5. places
  6. share

Original Text


Two of the most valuable things we have are time, and our relationships with other people. In our age of increasing distractions, it's more important than ever to find ways to maintain perspective, and remember that life is brief and tender. Death is something that we're often discouraged to talk about, or even think about, but I've realized that preparing for death is one of the most empowering things you can do. Thinking about death clarifies your life.

Our shared spaces can better reflect what matters to us, as individuals and as a community, and with more ways to share our hopes, fears and stories, the people around us can not only help us make better places, they can help us lead better lives.

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Important Words


  1. age
  2. clarifies
  3. community
  4. death
  5. discouraged
  6. distractions
  7. empowering
  8. fears
  9. find
  10. hopes
  11. important
  12. increasing
  13. individuals
  14. lead
  15. life
  16. lives
  17. maintain
  18. matters
  19. people
  20. perspective
  21. places
  22. preparing
  23. realized
  24. reflect
  25. relationships
  26. remember
  27. share
  28. shared
  29. spaces
  30. stories
  31. talk
  32. tender
  33. thinking
  34. time
  35. valuable
  36. ways