Tag: relationships

• Can I Handle the Seasons of My Life?

  I had the pleasure of hearing Stevie Nicks rehearse a performance of “Landslide” this evening. This song has always been a favorite of mine, but the older I get, the more meaningful it has become. On the live version of the song, before she begins she dedicates it to her father. You can hear the…

  Marlene Kelly

  April 7, 2011

  Personal Development, Self Growth, Spirituality

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• There’s Nothing to Fear Except Yourself

  Why don’t things work out the way I want them to? When does life get fun again? Am I good mother/father/brother/daughter/girlfriend/boss? Is this all there is…the gradual decline…and my inevitable death? How many times a day do you have a fearful thought or worry about something you have no control over? My guess is more than…

  Marlene Kelly

  April 4, 2011

  Personal Development, Self Growth

  behavior, confession, conscious, emotions, emptiness, experience, fantasy, fear, love, marlene kelly, molly kelly, relationships, self-awareness, subconscious, understanding, void, vulnerability, worry

• Use Both Lanes Until the Merge

  When you’re driving on the interstate and the lane you’re in ends in five hundred feet, do you get over into the next lane as soon as you can or do you stay in your lane until it ends before moving over? I always believed the right thing to do was to get over as…

  Marlene Kelly

  October 30, 2010

  Personal Development, Self Growth, Spirituality

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• You are a Figment of Your Own Imagination

  “Someone else’s experience is always a reflection. Your own experience is your reality. The physical world is always a reflection. Your inner world is the reality.” — John-Roger I’ve been thinking about this quote all week. Not every minute of the day, but it keeps showing up in my head reminding me how true it is,…

  Marlene Kelly

  September 26, 2010

  Intuition, Personal Development, Self Growth, Spirituality

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• I Don’t Need Your Permission

  Yesterday morning, a new friend told me, “You don’t need permission to live the life you want to life.” I had to think about this for quite some time before I realized that on some level, I am waiting to get some “stamp of approval” so I can do what I want, when I want,…

  Marlene Kelly

  September 12, 2010

  Intuition, Personal Development, Self Growth, Spirituality

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