LoVe is to Cherish

THE MEANING OF:

To hold dear - feel and show affection for someone...
To greatly value another. To keep cultivated with care and affection. Implies a special love and feelings for something considered precious. To enjoy and admire. Nourish and grasp the nature, worth, quality and significance of. To harbor thoughts of deeply within in the mind and heart.

... always safeguarding that which is treasured & precious to ones self (as though life depends on it).