Inner Strength

• 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 yours, 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
• If you can do all these things

Then . . . .

You are probably the family dog.