Intellectual Obesity

I have gone through most of my adult life believing that everyone is smart. I have however, met some people that have tested my belief in that theory many times. I still choose to believe we are all smart people in this world. I believe strongly that what differentiates us all is our intellectual diet. Through keen observation  for sometime now, I have come to notice three sets of people; The intellectually starved, the intellectually obese and the intellectually fit. We all in one way or the other fall into one category.


The intellectually starved. He knows he could do a lot more with himself but "what about sleep, parties and the sweet feeling of doing absolutely nothing? Too high a price for intellectual vitality" he concludes. She knows where her passion is calling her to, but "all those sacrifices, hours of study and research, all of that time to learn the ropes. Thanks but no thanks" she tells herself.  But listen, you can go on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for hours because Zuckerberg and co. refused to be intellectually starved. For how long are you going to let dust and cobwebs cover you passion. How much longer will algae re-design your destiny? I have too many questions to ask you, and I receive too few answers.




The intellectually obese. Life style, science, fiction, politics, social media, sports... He has an opinion of everything. She has always known she is smart, she catches on quickly with everything. Book smart and street smart. So what? So what if all you do is nourish yourself? If your one accomplishment is to win every argument in the pub and at the office? It counts for nothing. You are obese. You are intellectually obese. Get up and work out. Do something, help someone, help yourself. Don't burn as bright as you are and allow yourself to be hidden under the table. The rainbows are in the sky, not hidden in the ground. The feathers are on the Peacock's back, not under its belly. The tulips are open air in the field and not under the shrubs. Your intelligence is not for argument's sake. Exercise yourself, lest the very weight which you should push to gain influence pulls you down.


Do I need to talk about the intellectually fit? He recognises his purpose, develops it, pursues it, creates influence by it, makes an impact with it and transforms lives through it. This is where I want to be. Nobel prizes are not for the obese neither are Lasker Awards for the starved.  What makes you comes from within, what you make of it comes from without. Where do you fall in?