\”What are the qualities of a real human?\” By Mehinbanu Aslan Pashayeva

      Humanity is not inherent in everyone who arrives in this world. A world full of trials, impenetrable thickets, which you get more and more confused about. More and more often, thus worsening your position in the eyes of the public watching you the very expression \”A little bit of humanity\” has a meaning.. a lot of meaning. That very drop carries with it an enormous responsibility, attached to each other, as the cars of a train bound for the unknown.

      The qualities of a true human being are not for everyone to know. The chosen ones have the gift to step into the flames in the hour of need, to resist, to fight back in the moment of need; to fight back at the right moment, to defeat with their speech, with their artistry all the environment, the audience that opened its ears to all sides of the events. And at the same time, to keep there tongue behind their teeth, heated by intrigues, to show their anger silently, tactfully: anger in silence, tactfully thinking over every step of the plan to overthrow the government; quietly, at the same time, to cut through the icebergs sinking in the waters of your soul. Politely, with a sharp, gentle tongue, tone, kindness, mercy, to prove a major contribution to humanity, a society that does not understand your feelings, your inner world.

      Every good deed is judged in the eyes of our enemies by our faults, and by our loved ones by our admirers. Creating kindness, mercy, understanding, awareness is not a crime, but a part of those very qualities…

      In our minds we think that we are such true people… But we judge not ourselves, but outsiders who have not met you once… Let\’s put ourselves in the place of spectators, let\’s look at what we have done from the outside..

      Did you like that body, shrouded in masks of deceit, suffering, torture, shame, goosebumps, an inexplicable feeling from within, an opening in a gust of wind, a realization…?

      Forgiveness of mistakes is a delicate matter. There you should show yourself at every step as well. Standing in a pensive position, let the perpetrator understand the displeasure caused, explain the further consequences of the abandoned habit, thus leaving the last word to them.

      These kinds of requirements on the way to being a real human being, can be provided by dozens, if not hundreds. One can argue about it for hours, if we put metaphors aside and try to see the true essence of these words.

      Isn\’t that what we do with religion? Do we try to find some mystery, some subtext in the words of sacred books? Along with this, maybe it happens in connection with this phenomenon, but some human beings begin to interpret sentences, say, from the Koran incorrectly…? Either they do not realize, do not understand or do not want to understand what damage they cause to believers by interpreting the words of the rules incorrectly or not saying something…?

      You can be a non-believer, agnostic, or atheist, and the author is not going to urge you to change your opinion, even though he is against the dogmas of atheism in particular. You, dear readers, have the right to determine whether you take the side of existentialism or fatalism. Your author only wants to show that this question is also connected with religion, because of which people\’s answers change.

      Ask an ordinary child and he will begin to say all the newly learned terms, particularly adjectives, in a row. Ask a teenager and they will start talking in tropes. With a believer, everything will depend on religion, unlike the crowd that loves to be dilettantish and does not want to move forward and try to understand and realize.

       What about your author? A simple girl of 15 who grew up surrounded by a religious mother and an equally religious father, not to mention relatives, who doesn\’t want to connect every issue with religion, but stumbles over it every time. Who decided to finish the essay she wrote in 7th grade and spread the word. A girl who could be called a dilettante, but of the sort that is working on getting rid of that title. A girl who wants to show how different a person\’s view of a situation can be from the life path and fundamentals that are laid out in her.

About the Author

A simple girl of 15 living in Baku, Azerbaijan, who grew up surrounded by a religious mother and an equally religious father, not to mention relatives, who doesn\’t want to connect every issue with religion, but stumbles over it every time. Who decided to finish the essay she wrote in 7th grade and spread the word. A girl who could be called a dilettante, but of the sort that is working on getting rid of that title. A girl who wants to show how different a person\’s view of a situation can be from the life path and fundamentals that are laid out in her. Therefore, she wants to travel across the world, read books and watch movies of the past and present to comprehend  and see how others perceive various issues and spread their and her views across the globe.