The Unclad Soul

Intelligence is more than education. Even higher education. It is more than book learning. Intelligence, for me, is about character, integrity, the ability to weigh information, to believe things that affirm life and people. Today, intelligence is mocked as snobbery, pretension, acting as though one is better than others. It’s true there are those who act intelligent who are guilty of that. But those people are basically insecure and fearful of being found out just how little they know. Intelligent people want to know things. They are open to new ideas, to change, and to evolving themselves and their beliefs. People who make fun of intelligence, who see it as arrogance and elitism, are typically those who are clueless about the world. They have few experiences in society working with people different from themselves. They are anchored to a culture, a mindset, that is often limited, provincial, and resistant to anyone or anything outside their safe zone. There woul