Let It Bespoken

Benign Is the Word of the Day

When you look up the word benign, you’ll find that the adjective describes having a gentle and kind disposition; a mild character that does not threaten life or health; or having no significant impact. For most including myself, benign represents a clean bill of health from the dreaded “c” word. A sigh of relief that…

Marlene Kelly

June 1, 2010

Personal Development, Self Growth, Spirituality

benign, bully, cancer, corporate ladder, ego, fairytale, freedom, gentle, happiness, lovingkindness, mammogram, marlene kelly, overachiever
Tenacious D Calls It Mucky Muck and So Do I

If you’re a black and white kind of person, you probably think there’s only ever one answer. Just like there’s right and wrong, good and bad, up and down. But, how right is right? How wrong is wrong? And if you’re always right, why am I always wrong? All of this boils down to limited…

Marlene Kelly

May 27, 2010

Personal Development, Self Growth, Spirituality

awareness, behavior, ego, identifying, integrity, Jack Black, labeling, limited thinking, marlene kelly, perception, pity, Tenacious D, truth
What I Found in the Middle of the Night

I woke up in the middle of the night to find my hand moving of its own accord into my shirt to feel the side of my left breast near my armpit. There was a small formation underneath the surface, the size of a small stone. I fell back asleep with thoughts of breast cancer…

Marlene Kelly

May 23, 2010

Health and Healing, Personal Development, Self Growth, Spirituality

blame, breast cancer, death, deceased, expectations, ghosts, grief, gynecologist, lost life, mammogram, meditation, medium, messages from the dead, other side, psychic, regrets, spiritual guides, tumors
I Dreamed I Turned Into a Trophy

Last night I dreamed I was in my cousin’s childhood home in Avon Lake. In the dream, I went into the bathroom and closed both of the doors for privacy. While looking at my face in the mirror, I took a cotton ball and wiped my left cheek with cleanser. When I took the cotton…

Marlene Kelly

May 12, 2010

Personal Development, Self Growth, Spirituality

award, bowling, cheerleading, dreams, Intuition, locution, marlene kelly, mirror, prize, psychology, self worth, softball, speech, Susan B. Anthony, trophy, women’s right to vote
Nature Vs. Nurture: How Do You Take Care of Yourself?

As I sit down to write this evening, I hear sirens from a fire truck rolling down the street. Whenever I hear sirens, I say a little prayer. I visualize a light and love for the best possible outcome going over the vehicle, protecting the people on board speeding to their destination and the waiting person…

Marlene Kelly

May 10, 2010

Spirituality

alice in wonderland, blessing, comfort, ego, energy, faith, fire trucks, habit, healer, healing, intention, Intuition, marlene kelly, meditation, nature, nurture, prayer, reflection, sirens, Spirituality, survival, well-being
A Total Eclipse of the Heart

Last night I caught up on this week’s episode of Glee. I can’t watch it on Tuesday’s any longer because it’s too fluffy after a mind bender like Lost. Towards the end, they performed their version of Bonnie Tyler’s classic one-hit wonder, “A Total Eclipse of the Heart.” This is one of my dad’s favorite…

Marlene Kelly

May 6, 2010

Personal Development, Self Growth, Spirituality

bipolar disorder, bonnie tyler, dysfunction, estrangement, family, glee, healing, light and dark, mental illness, personality disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, shadows, therapy, total eclipse of the heart
Fuck Politeness, Go Long!

A few months ago, I was out for drinks with two friends after work. We posed the question to each other: Use three words to describe yourself. This wasn’t easy for me. You might not know it yet, but I’m wordy. Then, we determined three words to describe each other. Two of the words that…

Marlene Kelly

April 30, 2010

Personal Development, Self Growth, Spirituality

acting, Alec Baldwin, bold, brave, collective psyche, comedy, connection, drama, entertainment industry, etiquette, Lost, Meisner, Meryl Streep, performance, politeness, presentation over substance, Sawyer, soul tribe, Steve Martin, story teller, swimming, truth teller, Victor D’Altorio
Forgiveness Is a Red Balloon

Today, I finally let you go. The fog has lifted. The rain swept through and cleaned the city’s smog from the windows. I always thought this would feel like a death. The death of you and the could-have-been of us. But, it didn’t. Hanging on was the deeper death of all my hopes and dreams…

Marlene Kelly

April 25, 2010

Personal Development, Self Growth, Spirituality

balloon, bespoken, death, destiny, divine will, dream, forgiveness, friendship, gift, karma release, love, marlene kelly