“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.

To love oneself is the foundation of the love of other people.

Love is a practice. Love is truly a practice.”
~Thich Nhat Han