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 everyday 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 you love 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
!