I love what Eckhart Tolle says about being human:

“You are a human being.  What does that mean?  Mastery of life is not a question of control, but of finding a balance between human and Being.

Mother, father, husband, wife, young, old, the roles you play,  the functions you fulfill, whatever you do - all that belongs  to the human dimension.  It has its place and needs to be honored, but in itself it is not enough for a fulfilled, truly meaningful relationship or life.

Human alone is never enough, no matter how hard you try or what you achieve.  Then there is a Being.  It is found in the still,  alert presence of Consciousness itself, the Consciousness that you are.  Human is form.  Being is formless.  Human and Being are not separate but interwoven.”

Indeed, we are humans,  being.