I love this.

Are You as Good as Your Dog?

If...

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 every day 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 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 almost as good as your dog.

Airedale Terrier Rescue and Adoption Newsletter, March 1998

~"Tish"