Marciacism

I had lunch with a friend of mine named Marcia. She is energetic, generating ideas like a wetland generates mosquitoes, making wild and wonderful connections of ideas and thoughts. As we talked she told me a word she had made up to describe a condition she lived with. She called it "Marciacism"

She explained that she was not just in love with the thoughts she thinks or the things she does. She is in love with her. She gave herself a big hug. Is that cool or what?

I have seen people get nervous when they talk about loving themselves. We struggle with believing we are lovable. Narcissists love themselves in compensating unfulfilling ways. It takes effort to learn to love ourselves in ways that are healthy. We have to shed so many of the ideas that we were given and that we gave ourselves as a result.

I love it. I want Marciacism, but I can’t have it. I’m Jim. I guess I would have to say I am a Jimicist, but that sounds WAY less cool than Marcicism. Can I accept that I can’t be a Marciacist? YOU BET. Because I am me, and I love being me! Nobody else could be me, better than me.

And as you can see, I give myself the best hugs! I guess I would have to identify myself as a "me-hugger"!