• If you can start the day without caffeine . . .
• If you can get going without pep pills . . .
• If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains . . .
• If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles . . .
• If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it . . .
• If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time . . .
• If you can overlook it when those who love you take it out on you when, through no fault of yours, something goes wrong . . .
• If you can take criticism and blame without resentment . . .
• If you can ignore a friend’s limited education and never correct him . . .
• If you can resist treating a rich friend better than a poor friend . .
• If you can face the world without lies and deceit . . .
• If you can conquer tension without medical help . . .
• If you can relax without liquor . . .
• If you can sleep without the aid of drugs . . .
• If you can say honestly that deep in your heart you have no prejudice against creed, color, religion or politics . . .

Then, my friend, you are almost as good as your dog.

--Anonymous