Today on my way into work I started thinking about what part of being human makes us human. The industrial revolution showed us that humans can create machines and work them to perfection, that is what we call ability. Humans can speak in languages in a way that inspires a nation, we call that charisma. Humans have also the ability to wake up at 6:30am and get dressed and take the predictable route to work, show up do the pre-work drill (in this case blog for me) and then start the day, this is what we call routine. All of this is within the human capacity, but it’s limited to what we can do, not who we are.

Some have said that because we love, we are human… Perhaps this is it, but it is still an act. Perhaps its that we’re motivated, but that takes action or a goal to initiate. What makes a human a human is a complex and mysterious thing. The answers range from one end of the spectrum (one of subsistence) to the other (one of luxury). In the end we should all, if only for a minute, ponder on what part of us makes us human.

just a thought

~J out

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