"I LOVE YOU"

Try this. 
Instead of arrogantly stating "I love you" to a dear one (which is quite a presumptuous statement if you think about it.)
Ask them: "Do I love you?"  and listen to the answer with humility and believe them.
The object of your 'love' has a much better idea whether or not you are truly loving them than you do!
When you hold a job you dont write your own evaluation.  Your boss does it: "He is late, lazy, and is fairly mediocre in performance."  Although you are likely to quip: "I love my job!"
Let someone else write your evaluation on the status of your love!
So often when we say "I Love you" the reality of that statement is "I possess a benevolent warm happy feeling towards you"  It is a statement about you, not actuality.
It would be like a person saying "I hate Beethoven"- this would most likely be a statement about the person saying it rather than it would be about the real nature and quality of Beethoven's music.
It is not practically speaking accurate.
Try it:
Ask, don't tell!  And you might find the real answer.