Your first name of Marla has given you a friendly, likeable nature, and you could excel in artistic, dramatic, and musical expression. Your emotional feelings are easily aroused and you will always be involved in other people's problems as a result of your overly sympathetic nature. Since your life is people-oriented, you must always hold the confidences shared with you and guard your tongue against a tendency to gossip. You enjoy spending money and are generous, but must be wary of those who would appeal to your feelings and encourage you to spend beyond your means. You have many disappointments because of extending a helping hand to others in need, and then not receiving any acknowledgement or reciprocation for your generosity. With this name, you desire the finer things in life, but you do not always have the resolve and vitality to put forth the effort necessary to fulfil your desires. Because you are intuitive and impressionable, you are influenced by your surroundings and the thoughts and feelings of others. Under stressful and intense situations, it is a challenge to you to maintain an even temperament as you are extreme in your feelings, optimistic and happy one moment, despondent and self-pitying the next. In worst cases, nervous breakdowns and loss of memory could occur. After each experience, you have to guard against feelings of despondency and self-pity.
