Since most people on planet Earth are (no matter how much a few of them may claim to love and care about you), most likely, primarily concerned with themselves (no matter how well-meaning those aforementioned few may appear to be in any fleeting moment when they want something from you), it is important that you take responsibility for caring for your own well-being even while loving and caring for others.
Remember that everyone else did not make an oath to practice unconditional love of/for all beings; most people have no such personal value nor commitment, and many simply do not even care.
Someone has to look out for your best interest in order for you to thrive in a world such as the one that we live in…And the good news is that you do not have to go searching and begging for anyone other than you to take on that responsibility.
For best, and long-lasting, results to secure your ultimate well-being, always ensure that the person who is most devoted to taking care of your needs is the one who you will be spending the rest of your life with…the one who can value your existence and happiness consistently and unconditionally for your entire lifetime: you.
Love others and yourself…because (let’s face it) others may only truly love themselves anyway…if they even love anything at all…and a loving being, like you, certainly deserves your kind of love in your life.
Also, always keep in mind that you can love for no sake other than love’s pure expression (through/in you) itself.
And, lastly, please remember that you do not have to excuse harmful or violent behaviors nor tolerate people’s BS, nor do you need to be around toxic personalities/egos when it is unsafe to do so, in order to express love in the world.
In order to feel and be in love, you simply have to cultivate and express the sentiment within yourself. And it is always useful when your expression of love includes directing this uplifting energy to yourself, in addition to directing it toward others.
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