Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. If you are not capable of GeneratinG that kind of enerGy toward yourself- if you are not capable of takinG care of yourself, of nourishinG yourself, of protectinG yourself- it is very difficult to take care of another person. In the Buddhist teachinG, it's clear that to love  oneself is the foundation of the love of other people. Love is a practice. Love is truly a practice.

Thich Naht Hanh