Interesting write up. Indeed true is void of self interest or self desire. True love is unconditional. When we love someone for a certain reason, we truly never love that person as love is without attachment to a particular thing.

The only true love resonates from the only true God as was shown through his Son Christ Jesus. Giving his Son to save mankind from their sins. I might be sounding a little spiritual here, all I am trying to do is to pick a very salient point, the Father did what he did not because of himself but because of the Love for his creation. That's a case of genuine love, a love with self interest. A reckless kind of Love.

When we try to love some one, it shouldn't come from our desire or emotion, it should be without reason. Not without a clause or secret intention. Love is sacrifice, it's not something our flesh can do. It sometimes hurtful but with deep care from our spirit.