If you can live without caffeine,

If you can be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,

If you can resist complaining,

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 time,

If you can overlook it when 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,

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 honestly say that deep in your heart you have no

prejudice against creed, color, religion, gender preference, or
politics . . .

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Then, you have ALMOST reached the same level of character
development as your dog.

Well put, Svart.

pffft, who wants to be a bitch anyway

my puppy hates the poor

Yeah, my dog always growls at the people waiting for the bus.



What if I've recognized that I have prejudices against creed, color, religion, gender preference, or politics that will never be cleared out completely and live my life so as not to act upon them?

I thought this thread was going to be about Sprite.

SCHPLADOW!

I thought this is going to be a modern version of

Rudyard Kipling's *If*

hm...

And I don't have a dog

Kudos for searching for a means by which one can "Rise Above".

You're wise beyond your years.

c-