rk696969: If you have been hurt....If you lost someone..... and so on
Half full or half empty or just plain hateful ?
It depends on where you are in the process of healing. When my husband first died, I was in full denial, but definitely half empty for the first time in my life. A part of me had died too, and my identity as his wife and lover. I was lost and alone, and it hurt like hell.
A year later I finally started to grieve, and it hurt worse...I was more than half empty for a while, until the tears started to heal my pain.
Now, I'm full. I love my life, and am surrounded by a lot of love from good friends, my family, my sons, and my dogs. Life is wonderful, and I'm ready to live the rest of it.
It takes time to get through this process, and how much time depends on the individual. It took me almost two years.
As to being hurt by others before and after in my life, I've never been hateful. I just forgive and let it go...life's too short to dwell in negativity, and not all of any gender or race can be judged by one member of it and their actions.