“Love is a force both potent and fragile. It has the ability to create joy and communion or anger and desperation. Love binds us, builds us, but can also tear us down. So why do we pursue it? Why is love the thing most of us seek?” https://rebellove.com/love/second-chance-at-love/

How does loving yourself help prepare you to be loved by others. When you take good care of yourself, are presentable, and put together you become a person that people want to connect with. So represent yourself well, when you represent yourself well, then you can represent others well too and this is what draws others to partner with you in life both representing one another and bonding by sharing a mutual respect in the community for themselves and one another. 

You need your peace to be happy, maybe love can’t do that for you. You can lose love if you’re not at peace, maybe it hurts to lose love in that way. You need to be mentally fit to be loved, maybe voices and mental health issues keep you away from love, being loved, being happy, and being at peace. In the end it’s up to you to be loved, meet people capable of loving you, and do your best to not lose love be strong independent successful at peace on your own and at peace when in companionship that’s how to make love work, being at peace.