Piracy is not always Piracy

"In life there is what a man can do, and what a man can't do" a great quote from Pirates does an awesome job illustrating life and our toil to get the things we want out of it.  Every time we make up our minds that we are going to do something there is a metaphorical line drawn in the sand that shows us what we are or aren't willing to do to complete that goal.  I think a pretty common trend with people is they tend to forget better or for worse what can be done in pursuit of our goals.  Propriety often can stand in a persons way from doing everything they could to achieve that which they have set there mind too.  For instance what would you be willing to do for a million dollar pay check? People have been killed for a lot less and people have done some unspeakable acts for the same.  So then we ask ourselves Ok so some pretty drastic measures  can be taken to achieve those goals but then we must ask ourselves how much of ones lives do they sacrifice for propriety.  How often must we sacrifice our own comforts so that someone else can be comfortable in the name of propriety? That I think is the very nature of the beast and the lesson of this story.   Life is and always has been a game of balancing these types of things and finding a happy medium.
I have wrote in the past of being placed in many situations in which I (being a person who always wants to be considered a nice guy) have had to be the bad guy for the sake of self preservation. For unfortunately not everyone in this world is willing to play by the same rules as me, there are those who are willing to take what I have worked so hard for, and live off of your sweat.  Therein lies the irony a Pirates going to do what a Pirates going to do, however is that going to dictate what I am going to do in a situation.  In a life filled with so many greys I seek not to muddy the waters but to give the advice that one must not always be the good man helping give others their dreams, but one must as a pirate be willing at times to steal another dream/or prolong their journey to their dreams so that they can in part partake of their own.  Sometimes an act of Piracy is simply someone taking that which rightfully belongs to them and making others wait their turn to find their own treasure. The adage "Nice Guys finish last" often rings true if one is not willing to bloody his/her sword when someone is taking what they have worked for.