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 your own, something goes wrong, If you can take criticism and blame without resentment, If you can face the world without lies or 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!
if you can start the day without caffeine or pep pills, NO If you can be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains, YES If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles, NO If you can eat the same food everyday and be grateful for it, YES If you can understand when loved ones are too busy to give you time, YES If you can overlook when people take things out on you when, through no fault of your own, something goes wrong, YES If you can take criticism and blame without resentment, YES If you can face the world without lies or deceit, NO If you can conquer tension without medical help, YES If you can relax without liquor, YES If you can sleep without the aid of drugs, YES If you can do all these things, Then you are probably the family dog! 8 of 11 isn't too bad.
this is the version I got, 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 & 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.
