Meditations 7.7.1

Marcus Aurelius to himself

Μὴ αἰσχύνου βοηθούμενος· πρόκειται γάρ σοι ἐνεργεῖν τὸ ἐπιβάλλον ὡς στρατιώτῃ ἐν τειχομαχίᾳ. τί οὖν, ἐὰν σὺ μὲν χωλαίνων ἐπὶ τὴν ἔπαλξιν ἀναβῆναι μόνος μὴ δύνῃ, σὺν ἄλλῳ δὲ δυνατὸν ᾖ τοῦτο;

Do not be ashamed to receive help. Your task is to do your allotted work, like a soldier storming a wall. What if you are lame and cannot climb the battlement alone, but can do it with someone else?

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