Life lesson from a Pirate

One of the best life lessons I have received was from a Pirate.  I would expect to learn one from a great philosopher, book, life coach, etc., but not from an action movie about a Pirate.  I was watching Pirates of the Caribbean (the first movie) and there is a scene where Jack Sparrow and Will Turner are having a sword fight.  Jack Sparrow cheats and it surprises Will Turner.   Will says to Jack “You cheated”, and Jack says “Pirate”.  I couldn’t believe the depth of that line, a giant light bulb went off.  What a lesson on how to view life.  There are times in our lives when we are dealing with difficult people, people who may not be being honest with us or just live to disagree, or may just seem plain crazy.  If we learn to look at the situation and realize that we are dealing with someone who views life differently than we do and that they may not be at the same point on their journey that we may be on ours we will be able to handle any situation by thinking to ourselves “Pirate”.   We cannot expect someone to behave the way we do when they are coming from a different perspective.   We cannot change their perspective, we just have to accept them for who they are and deal with the situation accordingly.  We just have to try to look at  the situation from their perspective.   This has helped me to be calmer and more understanding when dealing with people.   Thanks Jack!