Is my intellect up to this?
If so, then I’ll put it to work, like a tool provided by nature.
And if it isn’t, then I’ll turn the job over to someone who can do it better – unless I have no choice.
Or I do the best I can with it, and collaborate with whoever can make use of it, to do what the community needs done. Because whatever I do – alone or with others – can aim at one thing only:
What squares with those requirements.
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius translated by Gregory Hays – Book 7 #5
