Don't Let The Behaviour of Others Define You

I came across this quote, after a few weeks, wherein it would be easy for me to have lost my faith in humanity."You many not be able to control someone's behaviour, but you can control how long you participate in it." A friend broke a promise, because it wasn't convenient anymore to keep it. A client, after asking me to set aside time for consulting contract, all of a sudden was "unreachable" and didn't respond to multiple messages. And finally, on Friday, my wallet was pick-pocketed, not is some far-flung city in the world, but a couple of blocks from my home. These incidents put a strain on my inherent belief that people are trustworthy. ..»