I bet most of the people on gaf have had experience with unrequited love. It seems part of having your love license. You have to crash a few times, and have feelings for someone who either doesn't care, isn't aware, or doesn't want those feelings for whatever reason. It's just part of being in a situation with another completely random person, full of their own secrets and desires and limitations.
I agree. You have to love yourself, be you, be excellent, until the point you glow. Focus on yourself and your goals and having fun, and people will notice that glow while you're navigating your world, living your life, attracting all the right energy and things by being true and doing you...then YOU get to decide who you take a chance on and try to court. It can be a beautiful thing, but you have to live your beautiful life and find your beautiful world. We deserve nothing less. I'm speaking to you as someone who has been there, has wandered out into the wilderness in pain and confusion, and who knows.