Re: Unconditional love
on an entirely different note, I think one should not love anyone unconditionally (exceptions: Allah SWT and Prophet PBUH). My reasons are different though, not religious. Setting religion apart, we have established our unconditional love for our God and Prophet.
When it comes to people, unconditional love is there in family bonds of father/mother/child/siblings, but if we look at our world, this love will differ from family to family depending on their lives and circumstances.
I loved someone unconditionally for years only to realise it was a mistake, because their love for me was conditional and when that happens, something inside you changes, and you don't like that change because you always want to remain that person with a LOT of hope and positivity but real life shows you otherwise and then if you don't want to accept it, you know you're only fooling yourself. :(
I think when it comes to ordinary people we can only love people unconditionally until the time you can do that from your side. But once the time comes for that individual to demonstrate their level of care for you, and if they demonstrate anything opposite to what you have been doing so far, it will simply make you change your mind and the love in your heart with definitely feel dented, I don't think anything can smooth that dent out after this happens.