If you can start the day without caffeine
or pep pills,

If you can 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 loved ones 
are too busy to give you time,

If you can overlook when people take things 
out on you when, through no fault of yours, 
something goes wrong,

If you can take criticism and blame 
without resentment,

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 do all these things,

THEN YOU ARE PROBABLY THE FAMILY DOG