Blogging: Narcissim or Communion?

Narkissos, the mythological Greek god, fell in love with his own reflection and wasted away; the gods took pity on him and changed him into a flower. From hence is derived the word narcissism. Surely there is something narcissistic about web logging: falling in love with one's own reflections and, if not careful, wasting away into intellectual nothingness. And no doubt there is also an aspect of egotism to suppose that someone would care to read what one of thousands upon thousands of bloggers would say.

But also, God created us for relationship and communion with Him and one another; perhaps the preponderance of blogs on the Internet testifies to the fact that, while all bloggers may, to some degree, be narcissists, we also desire to share our lives and thoughts with other human beings. It's how we were made and the desire to blog could simply be a reflection of His divine attributes in our lives.

I know not from whence comes my desire to commence blogging, even though I have journaled for over twenty years--a strong fountain pen scratching across quality paper is my preferred mode. However, I realize that even if no one but myself ever reads the words I write, I have benefited by the process of crystallizing my thoughts, writing them down (virtually), and gaining a better understanding of who I am and what I think.

So then, if you gain deeper understanding of your life, your world, or your Creator through reading my words, I am doubly blessed, having already received the first blessing by doing the work of writing. So, as I begin this journey of blogging, knowing not whether I do so purely as a narcissist or for some more noble reasons, it has nevertheless begun.