If you can start the day without caffeine, If you can get going without pep pills, 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 something goes wrong through no fault of yours and those you love take it out on you, 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 you are almost as good as your dog.
Dear Bhooma, Such lovely lines. As I read and re-read only it dawned on me how tolerant our doggies really are...Joshua there with you and our two pooches Romeo & Juliet. Some lines really made my eyes moist ....like eating the same food every day !! .We take them for granted sometimes don't we....when we are preoccupied and have no time to even give them a pat for hours ...but how patiently they wait for us to be free to play with them without any complaints...just lying curled up at our feet .....and jumping up with wagging tails the moment we call them to go out and play or take a walk. Beautiful post ....enjoyed it a great deal..thanks warm regards PAULINA:wave
