Prayer Offered for February 12, 2018

So this is the Year of the Dog. I’d like to revisit a prayer from a few months ago:

If you can be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,

If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time,

If you can resist treating a rich friend better than a poor friend,

If you can honestly say that deep in your heart you have no prejudice against creed, color, gender, or politics,—then, you have almost reached the same level of spiritual development as your dog!

Dear God, we ask You for the grace to treat others with the same unconditional love with which our dog treats us, and we thank You for your unconditional love for us at all times.—AMEN.