Love also comes in many ways. We can love our friends our family and our animals.
We will not be loving them if we consider harming ourself. Think how lonely they would feel.
Think of a Dog or a Cat who knows nothing about the stresses we have to put up with.
Think how lonely they would be without your company, and looking after them.
They trust you and give the only real form of un conditional love I have found.
Keep loving and be loved always. Mike