Live a life of love

"Love means living the way God commanded us to live. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is this: Live a life of love" -2 John 1:6

I feel i do a pretty good job with this one, but the rest of the world...not so much. You see on t.v. the horrible stories of deaths, rapes, disease, poor economy, stealing, war, divorce, etc. etc. Whatever happened to love? Where is the love?

The more i think of it, i think it might come down to this...the saying we have all heard over and over again as said in Galatians 5:14 "Love your neighbor as yourself."

I have never really understood this concept, because I usually always fall short on loving myself. I dont really know why.

But when you think about do we really truely love ourselves? God has blessed us with such a gift, and everyday we arent loving ourselves. We misuse, mistreat our own bodies with unhealthy choices with lies, drugs, sex, anorexia, cheating, purging, stealing, alcohol, grease, grime, ect ect. We are all so self consumed of negativity and self destruction, its no wonder people in this world dont love our neighbors.

I know I can honestly say I try to live a life of love towards others...however, i sometimes fall short with myself. I dont know why.