Inner Strength

• If you can start your 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 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 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 one
• 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

...Then You are the family dog!