| If you can start the day without caffeine, |
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| If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains, |
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| If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles, |
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| If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it, |
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| If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time, |
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| If you overlook it when those you love take it out on you, when, through
no fault of yours, something goes wrong, |
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| If you can resist treating a rich friend better than a poor friend, |
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| If you can face the world without lies and deceit, |
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| If you can say honestly that, deep in your heart, you have no
prejudice against creed, colour, religion or politics, |
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| If you can give love unconditionally without pressure or expectation, |
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| Then, my friend, you are ALMOST as good as your dog. |
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