Pursue Your Truth
BE UNAFRAID
IN THE PURSUIT
OF TRUTH
The first truth to be unafraid to pursue is the truth about who you are. What do you like doing the most? What makes you happier than anything? What makes you excited to be alive? These are the most important truths to pursue. And when you do, everything else will fall into place
After years of pursuing a business that wasn’t my passion, I was burnt out and extremely unhappy. I was turned off by the greed, dishonesty, and fake people.
I didn’t know what to do, but all I could think was, I’m happy when I’m dancing. I need to dance more. I looked up different studios in the area. I went to one class here, one class there. Then I found a studio with great people and great energy. I took my sister with me and we kept going back. I made great friends. I had a community of people around me that I loved spending time with. We put on performances together. We went to the Magic Castle together. We had lots and lots of coffee and dinners together. My dancing improved. My confidence increased. And it brought JOY back in to my life.
Shortly after, I decided to move to Orange County to pursue a partnership in the same business. Before the actual move itself, I had to go through boxes of stuff that I had stored away for years—boxes of books, piles of poetry, copies and copies of poems revised by my poetry professors and classmates, the books and broadsides I handcrafted. I held my poems in my arms and heard, “THIS is who you are.”
It felt like an out of body experience. I didn’t know what do. I remembered those college days. I was working full time. I was going to school full time. And volunteering. I had no free time. But I loved every minute of it. I loved everything I was doing.
A few months after the move, the partnership crashed and burned. To say it was a tough time would be an understatement. But it quickly got me out from where I don’t belong. I got a job in marketing where I could use more of my creative skills. But in the few months I was applying for jobs, I had many moments of looking up to the sky. Asking what’s next? What do I need to do? And all I could think was, “share your poems.”
I started sharing my poetry on Instagram about a year ago and am starting this blog to share more of my experiences, more words, and more poetry with you.
With love,
Marine Ashnalikyan
