Love is the capacity to take
care, to protect, and 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.
