Love Was Never Meant To Be This Hard

Being asked to love those that won't love you back is a heavy burden but receiving unconditional love throughout is a gift that never runs out.
Love is patient, Love is kind, Love does not envy, does not boast, Love does not seek its own way, Love takes no account for evil, Love believes all things, endures all things, hopes all things, LOVE NEVER FAILS.
And on my finger I tattooed myself with "love never ends"; another way to say it does not fail. Little did I know at that time the seriousness of love. The reality that when someone (whoever it might be) doesn't reciprocate love, my own outflow of love isn't patient or kind. It does start to envy and get what it wants. And yes.. the love that I have tried to give has failed me and it has ended.
It is easier to love those who give back but how much more a reward to love the unloveable. It sounds great saying that but the reality that I will actually follow through has been a disappointment.
It's something I strive for. Something I hope for. Something I was not taught but struggle and stumble to gain.
I wish I could say that I take the unconditional love showered on me from God and turned to do the same to those who surround me.. .