Text of the meditation
All things are orderly and sequential, being governed by the law of causation. Do not trouble about results, or be anxious about the future; but be troubled about personal shortcomings, and be anxious to remove them; for know this simple truth: wrong does not result from right, and a good present cannot give birth to a bad future.
You are the custodian of your deeds, but not of the results that flow from them. The deeds of today bring the happiness or sorrow of tomorrow. Be concerned, therefore, about what you think and do, rather than about what may or may not come to you; for one whose deeds are good does not concern themselves about results, and is freed from fear of future ill.
Truly the Law reigns, and reigns forever, and Justice and Love are its eternal ministers.
James Allen (1864–1912), Book of Meditations for Every Day in the Year (1913) – public-domain text, gently modernised.
The original 1913 text is in the public domain.
