Any human being deprived of love, even if only in an infinitesimal amount, can't function or lead any kind of fulfilling life.
We are instinctively prone to search for love. Any kind of love will do, no matter where it is coming from, or even if it is not from another human being.
We have the ability to understand love even if is not directed as such. We read love on attention, on abuse, on dependency, or any form that may quench our need for love.
It is considered a mental disorder if you don't have the ability to receive or to perceive love.
It is as essential as air and water.
Self-love is also a type of love necessary for our well-being. From that, we can "metabolize" much of the love we need.
But don't forget that we also need "Essential Love". Just like we need to consume some forms of amino-acids because our body can not derive it from other amino-acids, some Love must come from an outer source. It is ESSENTIAL to life.
The happy twist of faith is that we can receive this "essential" love by giving it away. By being a source of Essential love to others, it reverberates right back at you.
Love: give it freely. Your life depends on it.
