Consider this

If you can start the day without caffeine
If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains
If you can eat the same food every day and still be grateful for and enjoy it,
If you can find joy in the small things in life
IF you can understand why those you love are too busy to spend time with you,
If you can overlook it when those you love take out their fears and fury on you when something goes wrong even though you had nothing to do with it
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 and sleep without the aid of drugs
If you can sleep without the aid of drugs and wake up cheerful, happy and ready to go
If you can honestly say that deep in your heart, you have no prejudices against creed, color, religion, politics, gender
Then:
you are almost as good as a dog.