A Favourite Poem

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 them...

~~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, colour, religion or politics...

then, my friend, you are almost as good as your dog