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Is it actual love or "ought to"?
“It ain’t nothing if it ain’t free, babe.”  (Janis)   
“The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing.” (Christ)
“Perfect kindness acts without thinking of kindness.”  (Tao) 
“The results are nil until we let go absolutely.” (AA) 

In the verse, "Love your neighbor as yourself," the emphasis is on "as yourself": your neighbor is yourself. Can I boast of charity for getting breakfast as I like it in a restaurant? Feeding the hungry is no different. Their need is the growl of my stomach. To give them food is my sustenance. 
That is the place I yearn to be. I have had moments, I feel, of being truly and cleanly other-centered; my actions were natural and it appeared without thought for my interests or self . My left hand really did not know what the right was doing. A fruit of grace. 
This helped me to see that the only thing I can sacrifice for God and others is merely that which stands in the way or diminishes what is for my greatest freedom and deepest joy in Christ. In effect, there is no sacrifice.