If you can start the day without caffeine,

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 you love take it out on you when,
through no fault of yours, something goes wrong,

If you can resist treating a rich friend better that a poor friend,

If you can face the world without lies and deceit,

If you can say honestly that, deep in your heart, you have no prejudice against
creed, color, religion or politics,

If you can give love unconditionally without pressure or expectation,

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

Author Unknown