Joyas Voladoras

After reading Joyas Voladoras, I as well as others in my G&T class believe that in can help us answer the question "What does it mean to be human?". In the writing piece, Brian Doyle discusses the different sizes of hearts and their paces among the different creatures on earth. However, there's a deeper meaning to it as well. While not all hearts are the same size, or beat the same amount of times in our lives, all hearts do have a similarity. Whether large or small, hearts can all hold so may important events and emotions in them. All hearts will hold good and bad things, and any number of them, and this is not affected by the size of the heart, or the pace it beats. So why does being human have to be something physical? if we can all experience the same things despite different physical characteristics, then that should mean the question "What does it mean to be human?" can be answered with not just physical explanations, but emotional, mental, and philosophical ones as well.

My favorite line from Joyas Voladoras  was "So much held in a heart in a lifetime. So much held in a day, an hour, a moment"

What does it mean to be human?

What does it mean to be human?
To be human is to:
feel emotion towards yourself and others
To be able to think freely
to be able to choose your own path
to enjoy the time you spend here, not hate your life
to be able to contribute to something and make a difference