This was a previous concept I put together, but I cannot find my original post about it. I believe it to be an important one, so I might as well recreate it here.
There are two human limits on love, or more specifically, how it is expressed, and that is in giving and receiving.
People naturally have a cap on how much love they can show others. These limits are created by time, circumstance, energy and focus. Time dictates the number of times you can do things through love. Within your life, you must dedicate a certain amount of time to yourself in order to simply survive, but you can still serve others daily. However, this service relies on circumstance. You have to be capable of interacting with people (being in the right place) and also capable of creating a positive effect. Your ability to create a positive effect depends on how much energy you desire to expend, and how much you have in reserve, and this also relates to time. Lastly, there is the focus of the love or service itself. How many people are you helping or showing affection? Is it one person at a time? Is it a group? Will this love be passed on to others or to later generations? There can even be an inward focus, and the person may desire to love themselves over others. These are all limitations of expression that exist for temporal beings.
People also have a cap on how much love they can receive. Normally, this is a level of comfort involving how much love you desire and how much is taken in. Too much can create discomfort, and a person who receives too much may find the giver to have ulterior motives or to be too attached. It is also a thing of expectations: what you expect to receive (or earn) and what you expect others to try to give. The former is an internal focus on the individual (you), and involves the reception of love from all interactions. The latter is an outward focus on someone else, and what you expect them to give to those they interact with. Though there are good social reasons to create certain limits on love reception, this behavior can also result in misunderstandings when one receives far more than expected, or far less.
Remember, no matter how much the reader may wish to serve others, there are still physical restrictions created by your body and the involved natural laws, and mental limits created by those you interact with and choose to serve.
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