There isn't any formula or method. You learn to love by loving - by paying attention and doing what one thereby discovers has to be done.
People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are.
At the end of the day you know love does not happen between two perfect...
No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government no legislature has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.