What makes us H U MAN…???

You know I’ve been wondering as what makes human beings be human beings!!! What a thing to wonder about eh? Well, why don’t you try answering it. Bet, the usual answers like its because we can think, we can reason, we can use our limbs more efficiently etcetera,etcetera…

How about animals, don’t they think? Everyday around us we see animals, our pets. Do you think they don’t think. If you do, you better change that opinion. Now about reasoning, now reasoning alone is not the criteria for being a human, is it? Sure, we can do (a+b)=a² +b² +2ab, but how many people in the world cannot think proper, but we still call them humans, don’t we. One can even say there are animals in this world, who can think and do so a lot more than some people. But we still consider them as humans. Using tools again cannot be attributed to human beings as many animals in nature use tools like stones, wood etc.

Personally, what I think would separate us from animals is a totally different thing, no! Not about us walking upright! But the fact that, we just don’t give up!!! Huh! What was that? That might be what ran across the thinking part of your brain ain’t it? Well, what I meant is that, unlike Man, animals do not know HOPE, they give up a lot sooner. Whereas, we, HUMANs, don’t. We struggle till the end. We keep hope that someday, we will see brighter and happy times. Humans can be seen as vertebrate equivalent of cockroaches. Pretty lousy comparison, I know. I myself detest them to the last bit. But they have a special quality. They are known to survive in places which are not possible to be habitable, like in radiation prone areas. They don’t know when to quit, do they? Now, they may not be doing so because they keep hope, but we sure survive and live on, because we keep hope. (H)ope and (U)nderstanding of (MAN) makes HUMAN.