If what you see were always what you get, being a human being would be enough. There would be no need for self-improvements or adjustments of goals, because we "beings" would be rigidly related to existence. But to deal with life as it is, and not just as it appears to a limited "being," we need to grow and adapt, we need to become human becomings. Rigid beings don't fare well in a changing world, as rust, the biological cycle of life, and the evolution of cultural practices demonstrate.
Aside from physical changes beyond our control, our choices and fluid awareness seem to be the characteristics most distinguishing our becoming from our being - and the characteristics that take on the most human of flavors.
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