How Do I Love Me? Let Me Count the Ways...

We used to kid around in the office about how we were narcissistic. A bunch of intelligent, confident women who all liked how we looked physically. We were achievers. We liked ourselves, or so we proclaimed.

But now I've been trying to figure out if I love myself...and I really don't know. Do you love yourself? Not in any narcissistic or negative way, but can you say that you truly love yourself? What does it even mean to love oneself? How would you know whether you do or not? How do you show it?

I was thinking that markers for me would be:

1. Taking good care of my body
2. Taking good care of and stimulating my mind
3. Really listening to my feelings without always trying to be so rational
4. Doing things I enjoy
5. Standing up for myself, my opinions, desires and beliefs
6. Affirming myself, my being and my self-worth

What more would you add?

I don't know, I think I respect myself a lot, but I have to work on loving myself more. I listen to my mind a lot but maybe I should get to know the rest of me better too...

*cross-posted on Trying to Wake