Many of us are in search of love; we crave it. And this is because, no matter who we are or what we do, being loved is the most basic human need. It doesn't matter if you want a million dollars, to be world famous, or run faster in the Olympics. The bottom line is that you want to be loved, whether you realize it or not!
Unfortunately, trying to "be loved" is like trying to lift yourself up with your own arms. You can't do it. Nor can you "command" someone else to love you. Yes, you can (if you really want -- hopefully you don't!) try and manipulate someone into loving you, perhaps giving them things or making them vulnerable or dependant on you and sort of being "forced" to love you, but that's not love at all. That's just politics.
Real love cannot be willed; it can only be shared. And it can only be shared when it overflows from you.
A truly loving person is not someone who is out there trying to "be loved" or "give love." A TRULY loving person is so overflowing with self-love (and by this we don't mean egotistical love, but ego-less love) that they cannot help but share their love. Like a cup that is overflowing with water and hence shares that water -- it has no choice -- a person overflowing with love has to share that love.
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