Thank you, HP. Being a "human" is something people take for granted. People pass around the term around too flippantly. With the push for mindsets of supposed equality these days, what it means to truly be human has been absolutely perverted beyond recognition. Christians and Christian-minded humanists will have you believe a diseased prison inmate has the same quantifiable value as Socrates and Plato. I've seen "Libertarian" idiots present worthless thought experiments where they gleefully say they would wipe out entire animal species just to save one "AIDS riddled junkie" or something. Nevermind the consequences of such a thing for the planet and for populations of people in turn. People just want a pat on the back for sounding righteous when they're anything but. Yes, people should have the chance to make something better of themselves. It doesn't mean all things are immediately of equal value to the planet.
In a sense, becoming human is about controlling oneself. Think about all the people you've known in a lifetime and consider how ruled the average person is by their emotions. Yes, emotions are normal and healthy in moderation. But in my experience the average person tends to be very outburst prone. Managing to be even be partly in control of emotions like anger and fear is a very good step forward. No, it will not come overnight, even for the best people. It goes without saying that all the worst people you know in your life, ie, abusive people, are people without control over anything, like a husband who gets drunk and hits his wife and kid because someone made him feel small at work and this is what makes him feel big.
On the further end of the spectrum, you'll see the "evil" people of the world are defined by not only having dark urges, but having absolutely no restraint in acting upon them. In times of crisis, it's not historically uncommon for Andrapoda to act like their Fallen brethren. Things like the Witch Trials, which were defined by hysteria and panic, were not events that came out of nowhere. People weren't being burned at the stake because people were being rational. It was the end result of collective ignorance and uncontrolled superstition. Much of the Andropoda of the world are a only few bad days away from being something truly ugly, and mob mentality feeds into this severely. Look at any of the issues Europe is facing from its Islamic migrants. Almost never do they act alone. Things inconceivable to a lone individual can become suddenly conceivable when you mix in peer-pressure, threats, ego, and other factors. This "pack" mindset is very animalistic, though, it's important to keep this in context as to not disparage animal kind needlessly.
For those that are climbing, yes, you will have resistance and struggles. But if it's your nature to become a better version of yourself as opposed to a twisted one after facing such things, you're already fast on your way to dividing yourself from the majority. Christianity and Islam are lures, for people who cannot take responsibility for their "sins" and need to believe they'll be cleansed of them. That way, they'll never have to confront themselves, and their higher self will forever remain an enigma.