There's no problem with being where you are right now. Even if you feel loving-kindness and compassion for only one sentient being, that is a good place to start. Simply acknowledging, respecting, and appreciating the warmth is a way to encourage its growth. We can be where we are and at the same time leave wide open the possibility of being able to expand far beyond where we are now in the course of our lifetime.
Excerpted from:Comfortable With Uncertainty108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassionby Pema Chödron page 46