h/t TheRightScoop

This is apparently going viral, although the YouTube view count doesn’t show it (how can a video have almost 3,000 “likes” yet only have 307 views?). This is the heart-wrenching story of Ben Breedlove, as he relates it in a two-part, hauntingly beautiful way, using hand-written words on cards for the world to read.

From The Right Scoop piece:

Ben had just created these videos a few days ago as it was uploaded on December 18. I haven’t confirmed this, but it’s all over the net right now and also in Kudi’s remarks. Apparently Ben passed away on Christmas night. RIP.

The beautifully, haunting melodic music is a song called “Mad World” by Gary Jules, and quite fitting it is for this story. The chorus contains the following lines:

And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had
I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take
When people run in circles its a very, very
Mad world, mad world

Be at peace, sweet Ben. Be at peace. I only wish I’d have known you in real life.