“Intelligent people tend to struggle in the matters of the heart.” Really? She wondered.
Scepticism, overthinking, inflexibility and over-the-top logical thinking, are some of the traits of intelligent people that contribute to such assumptions.
After drifting apart from him she met contradictions and conflicts at every juncture in her life.
In the beginning, her intense feelings refuted the popular belief and prodded her towards the contrasting side of the range.
Moving ‘in and out’ of the relationship with him had imparted her wisdom to perceive how love is actually for intelligent people – people who can gauge the depth of emotions and boldly embrace them.
She knew when the physical lure had turned into love, she knew she didn’t know him well before, but she knows him now and she also knew how badly she wanted him before and how she doesn’t want him now.
She was aware that the stillness required for love was absent before and it is present now.
Only intelligence can ensure a comprehensive understanding of love or else attraction becomes an imposter of love.
Her face lit up with a conservative smile to marvel her ability to intellectualise love and, “That’s the beauty of intelligence,” revealed her inner monologue.