If you don’t make time for the ones who love you, eventually, you will grow apart. Too often, we make time for the ones who claim to need us: bosses, friends who are down on their luck, family members who are having some kind of drama… We tend to then put off those people who we love to spend time with but don’t ever seem to “need” us, and they always understand when we cancel for something “urgent.”
Love can be hindered by insecurities, low self esteem, past pain that’s not yet been forgiven, and many other factors. If one cannot say that they love themselves, then it’s unfortunately true that they won’t be able to love another person and show words and actions of true love to them.