I tried to pinpoint what would be the most meaningful thing to write about and that left me thinking about one of the most shocking headlines I have seen in a while… Stephen “Twitch” Boss being found dead after committing suicide! When I tell you, this rocked me, I genuinely mean it. Not that I knew Twitch or his family nor was I a super big fan of his but I did occasionally watch his IG videos where he and his wife would create choreographed dances and to me, I thought I was watching a very happy man living his best life with someone he loved. His suicide made me wonder, What could have been so bad? How could he do this to his wife? How could he do this to his kids? What was we he feeling? What mistake did he make? What had he found out? These are all things that we will probably never know the true answers to but no matter what we do find out about Twitch and what was going on before he died, we do know that he was in fact not in a good place at all.
We as a society are so quick to yearn for someone else’s life or to have what someone else has. It’s easy to get caught up in that with social media showing us all the pretty things and nothing but the positives. When in reality, every one has problems and everyone has anxiety or stress about something in their life. The grass is not always greener on the other side. In the words of the great J.Cole, there’s no such thing as a life that’s better than yours, so love yours” Self- Love and knowledge of self are extremely important and we as people should do all that we can to help everyone in our lives achieve it. Even as little kids we are told things like, sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.
As to think that one has such a knowledge of self at such a young age that someone else’s words or thoughts shouldn’t affect them. Unfortunately we all know that is not the case and someone’s words and thoughts can be hurtful because the victim ends up believing those negative things about themselves. Other times, people don’t even need someone to say something negative about them, they think enough negative thoughts above themselves on their own. This can often be the most difficult case to assist with because the root of the problem is internal.
I say all this to say… Try to think about someone else and how they may be feeling. Ask questions, be supportive and do your best to think about what your are appreciative for on a daily basis. That positive energy may be all someone needs to pull themselves out of the rut they were living in.