Jack Kornfield's updating of Rudyard Kipling's If

If you can sit quietly after difficult news;

if, in financial downturns you remain perfectly calm;

if you can see your neighbors travel to fantastic places without a twinge of jealousy;

if you could happily eat whatever is put on your plate;

if you can fall asleep after a day of running around without a drink or a pill;

if you can always find contentment just where you are:

                                          you are probably a dog.

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