Why is asking for help such a difficult thing for people to do? We hurt ourselves a lot more when we can’t put our pride aside and say I need help because a lot of us have been conditioned to handle things alone, but sometimes we need that helping hand that’s going to pull us and show us did there is the way out of the darkness. We need not fear the hand that will pull us out of the darkness because if we fear it, how will we ever see the light again? No matter what disgusting thing might be going on in the world. We all need to continue to look towards the brightest light in front of us so we have a reason to continue to fight and build a better future. No matter what disgusting thing might be going on in the world. We all need to continue to look towards the brightest light in front of us so we can continue fighting and building a better future for ourselves.
It’s okay to break, especially when we can find the strength to put ourselves together. Finding those pieces to rebuild who we are and a better version of who we would love to be.
If we break, we can show ourselves that we are humans and that our vulnerability shows us that we are not supposed to be statues that don’t fall apart. Falling apart is rule number one of life and living.
Stephen Boss, a charismatic hip-hop dancer and television personality known as tWitch who rose to fame on the reality show “So You Think You Can Dance” before becoming a regular on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” died on Tuesday in a motel room in Los Angeles. He was 40.
The death was ruled a suicide by the Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office.
Mr. Boss joined “So You Think You Can Dance” in 2008 as a 25-year-old with a talent for popping — a dance form associated with hip-hop that involves isolating parts of the body with a staccato rhythm — and an ability to make the judges burst into laughter with his facial expressions and theatrics.
He soon found himself dancing unfamiliar styles like the waltz and the tango on national television, and he finished the show’s fourth season as runner-up. Later in the series, Mr. Boss performed a hip-hop duet with Ellen DeGeneres — featuring him as a therapist in a sweater vest and her as his client — that would shape the rest of his career.
As a bubbly presence on TV who liked to wear a fedora and often broke into dance, Mr. Boss spent nearly a decade with “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” as D.J., guest host and, eventually, an executive producer. “I count on him to look over at and make silly jokes,” Ms. DeGeneres said in an episode this year, the show’s last. “He’s my pal; he’s my sidekick.”
In 2000, Boss graduated from Lee High School in Montgomery, Alabama, and studied dance performance at Southern Union State Community College in Wadley, Alabama, and Chapman University.
Boss first auditioned in 2007 for Season 3 of the show and appeared on the program. Unfortunately, twitch was not selected to be in the Top 20. He returned to audition again in Season 4 in 2008; he was chosen to compete in the Top 20 and was the runner-up after fellow hip-hop dancer Joshua Allen who won. During Season 4, he danced with Katee Shean to a Contemporary piece choreographed by Mia Michaels.
The dance was nominated for an Emmy for Choreography in the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards.
In season 5, Boss again appeared on So You Think You Can Dance with fellow season 4 contestant Katee Shean to perform their Emmy-nominated piece “Mercy,” choreographed by Mia Michaels. He was one of the 11 “All-Stars” for season 7. Twitch often was an All-Star in Seasons 7, 8, and 9 of So You Think You Can Dance, performing memorable routines, including the hip hop number “Outta Your Mind” with ballet dancer Alex Wong, which comedian Ellen DeGeneres reprised in Season 7’s finale. He was the team captain for “Team Street” in Season 12 of So You Think You Can Dance. He was announced as a permanent judge for the seventeenth season in 2022. He had an apparel line called Twitch Clothing.
I have to share my husband with the heaviest of hearts. Unfortunately, Stephen has left us,” Boss’ wife, Allison Holker Boss, 34, confirms to PEOPLE. “Stephen lit up every room he stepped into. He valued family, friends, and community above all else, and leading with love and the light was everything to him. He was the backbone of our family, the best husband and father, and an inspiration to his fans.
His final Instagram post on Monday showed him and Holker dancing in front of a Christmas tree and celebrating the holidays. Boss is survived by his wife, Allison, and children Zaia, 3, Maddox, 6, and Weslie, 14.
I genuinely hate writing about stories of people who lost their own life at their own hands because it seems more accessible than asking for help.
I struggle with it myself, asking for help because I depend on my daily personal care, and I find it humiliating to admit that I would need mental help.
But unfortunately, the world has never made it easy for people to get the service they deserve; most people believe that asking for it is a sign of weakness, but in reality, people should try and look at it as a sign of strength.
Having the strength to realize when help is needed should be considered positive, which means we choose ourselves and those who love us. In a statement on Wednesday, Ms. DeGeneres said she was “heartbroken” over the death, calling Mr. Boss “pure love and light.
Stephen Laurel Boss was born on Sept. 29, 1982, in Montgomery, Ala., to Connie Boss Alexander and Sandford Rose. He started dancing as a teenager and earned the nickname tWitch because he could not stop moving in school or church. People saw his joy in making TikTok dance with his lovely wife.
Dancing brought him joy and peace, but that was not enough to complete what probably made him feel alone. We can look happy and try to feel the happiness within ourselves, but no one, not even DJ twitch, knows how to handle the pressure of his life when the cameras are off.
As I prepare to put together another gun violence article together, all I can think to myself is how can I keep myself from being completely respectful.
When we Are far from respecting each other and respecting the life God has given us, this particular shooting I’m going to speak about is the shooting that took place in Buffalo.
All I will say is, when will we ever get tired of killing innocent people? I don’t think when people wake up in the morning, they think they would have to think about any day being their last day.
It might be the last day I see or share a special moment with a loved one or family. I’m getting sick and tired of hearing about these stories or reading them myself because I start thinking about what this world has become. This world has become a scary place to live in, and people have become fearful of being around each other.
That’s the only way we can solve issues by killing innocent people that I have nothing to do with anybody’s problem. Anytime I hear about the shooting, people automatically think of mental illness, and I know mental illness is actual.
So I don’t want anyone to get offended by what I’m about to say. But, as people lose loved ones to gun violence, how often should they hear the mental illness? Before, these different states that lack gun control seriously.
Whenever I see losing more of our future and people with their families, I am genuinely sad.
However, I understand that as a nation, we are trying to recover a sense of normal see in our life after the craziness of pandemic news; flashy standards went out the window.
I guess what I am trying to say without playing the blame on the pandemic people; I understand that the pandemic was complex worldwide and many of us decided on different ways to handle it. But, as I said in previous lines, this is not about a pandemic.
If I give my opinion, I believe that the world has become bored with itself; in turn, those same people have become less intolerant of others which means we keep losing innocent lives.
I understand that it’s difficult to ask for help, but it’s even more challenging when we are clueless about what to look for regarding our mental health.
I’m good. I’m OK. I”m fine. I am happy. A smile so no one wonders about my unwanted tears in my eyes constantly crying every night because I fear to say I’m not OK because in society says it’s not okay to say it’s not okay Please don’t make it OK within ourselves to say we’re not OK, so that’s why when people ask, are you OK? The quickest response we can say is yes; I’m OK even while the world around me is caving in, and I’m looking for a way out of me not being OK. Mine not being OK has nothing to do with people; it has to do with me and maybe not strong enough to say I’m not OK, But here now I’m permitting myself to say I’m not OK so anyone finds some self not being OK it’s OK not to be OK what’s wrong is not saying I’m not OK.
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