To a pirate ...it may mean death.
Okay, that may be a result, but it is not a definition. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines it as a verb: to feel or show that you are sorry for something bad or wrong that you did and that you want to do what is right.
A pirate's life begins like any other life. Pirates don't like the term, baby, as it more than implies weakness. But, we all know pirates, like anyone else, are born into this weakness. They begin their life by being provided with everything. They are given milk, nourishment, and a change here and there. They don't remember these things ...and if they did, it would be a huge embarrassment, especially the change.
Pirates don't hate their mothers, they just don't like to talk about it. And it seems like part of why they take things from others ...is to hide the fact of what Mom had given them. No one gives them anything anymore ...they just take it.
Still, it makes no sense ...how anyone could go from an innocent babe, into a wayward child. No amount of psychology can help much, other than perhaps putting a little more wind in the sails. But, it just seems that certain children don't take as well to the word, "No!!" And to the best of their recollection, as soon as they were able to walk, they seemed destined to walk the plank. Most obviously don't understand their parents, and they know they had to have been given nourishment, otherwise they wouldn't be alive ...but, all they can remember is taking orders. The problem is, the parents lay claim to giving them ...and taking them is no sought after treasure.
"I admit that I'm a bit headstrong, but I don't like taking orders. Even when I do what I'm told to do, I get the brunt of everything that goes wrong. No one needs that!"
"With all this thirst for control, controlling me, and carrying this idea that it is for my own good ...just doesn't fly with me."
"Does anyone understand my pain? Do they see what I've had to go through??"
"Yes, I know I'm not the only one who feels alone ...but no one is there for me. I'm just going to have to do as I see fit."
"No one is going to help me fight these problems. I'm going to have to work it all out for myself. I'm going to have to take what I need for myself."
Quickly realized is the lesson that once you take that which someone else had claimed ...you begin to be known for your infamous stories of accomplishment, if you live long enough to tell them.
You kind of develop a reputation of sorts, this being who you now are ...and in your mind there's no turning back.
Defending that longstanding reputation, most pirates advise that you don't turn back ...or turn your back.
But, our mind is not always the pathway to what is true. Turning back, is part of the definition of repenting.
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