The Lord hath not ordained that any man should behold the whole of his way, for certainty is the mother of sloth and presumption. Therefore hath He granted unto thee reason in place of foresight, that thou mightest judge each step according to wisdom, yet presume not upon the end thereof. For the choosing of the path is thine, but the keeping of its end resteth with the Highest.
Despise not the thing thy heart desireth, for even the noblest of men have longed after worthy ends. Yet let not thy desire become thy master, nor thy peace be chained unto the crown thou seekest. Better is the soul that laboreth faithfully without despair than the soul that possesseth hope alone. The worth of thy labour is measured first by its righteousness, and only thereafter by its reward.
Therefore faint not because thy season tarrieth, neither reckon thy labour lost because its fruit is yet unseen. The acorn knoweth not the oak, nor the pilgrim the sanctuary until he stand before its gate. Continue thou in diligence, in discipline, and in the bettering of thyself. For the Highest upholdeth the steadfast, and in the fulness of His appointed hour revealeth that which no mortal eye could have foreseen.
The Lord hath granted thee reason, not foresight. Choose, therefore, the path thy conscience deemeth just, yet claim not the keeping of its end; for the road is given unto thee, but the issue thereof resteth with the Highest. Desire that which is worthy, but let not thy peace be bound unto its coming.
The husbandman soweth, though he knoweth not the hour of harvest. So likewise labour thou with diligence, and faint not though thy season tarry. For the steadfast are not forsaken, and in the appointed hour the hidden fruit is made manifest.
Per Aspera ad Lucem