Does Love Protect and also calls us to set boundaries?

Love sets a standard and we must oblige if we want to participate in its endeavors. Love is demanding and it will not settle for second best. Love is not careless but desires to protect and by that it must set up healthy boundaries, insisting that those who participate must follow its guidelines. If I claim to love someone I must move into action. True love is forever moving and wants to get stronger. It takes practice and it is not moved only by emotions but a deep rooted commitment and dedication which sustains it when its emotions are out of wack. Love does not exclude our emotions and how sweet it is when the emotions we experience are perfectly aligned with the actions we carry out when we love someone but having said this, love is greater and will always surpass our emotions, understanding that they are unpredictable and unstable. If we choose to love someone recklessly without holding them accountable for their actions and for the way they are treating us are we truly loving them as we neglect loving our own selves in the process? The answer is no! Love will not permit it and will always challenge this way of thinking. When we learn to love ourselves we will also learn how to love others all the more. Love is the greatest attribute of the human species and without it our souls will die. We must understand that we are able to love because he first loved us. With this revelation comes an absolute truth, that Christ is the standard of love because he is love himself.

1 John 4:19