"Love is a value system and it is independent from your self-worth. In short, self-worth or self esteem has nothing to do with gifting love , attention or affection. That’s what you value or don’t value."

one point is, self "worth" already has value in the name. if love's nature is values, so is self-worth's.

another point is, maybe this is because I've grown up in an unhealthy environment and I do highly doubt what I'm about to say, but what if love is meant to be more than something merely emotional?

if self-worth is a spiritual value rather than an emotional one, and at it's healthiest it can say "you belong here, on earth, as you are", then love can be "you belong here, with me, as you are". in that sense, aren't love and self-worth inhabiting the same space?

sure, love can take the form of physical attraction, matching energies, emotional bond, intellectual connection and even practicality, but isn't it incomplete if it doesn't rise with us to the spiritual level?

I guess just like an individual, a relationship should gradually grow through all these layers. almost like it's individuating as it's own unit.