What it means to be human

I think being human means being able to make decisions that directly affect you and other people. You are able to make choices for yourself and not have others make the choices for you. This also means you have the ability to be an individual. As a human you are also able to come up with your own ideas and views about situations, you can act on these views and ideas and ultimately affect others through your actions. Besides the basic physical characteristics, being human also means you have emotions, and can feel for others. I think most importantly, being human means having the ability to change and impact the world. We have the opportunity to change situations and help one another. We have the ability to feel empathy and change other lives with our own actions. I believe this is the most important aspect of being human because we have the chance to affect not only ourselves but other people. As humans we not only have the ability to change the world, but we have the responsibility to do so.