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!