| |  | 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. |
