Good

There's a lot of rant on what we need,
Listen carefully, pay some heed.
It's good to feel sad, so we can appreciate happiness,
And so it is to feel agitated, to enjoy inner peace.
It's nice to read a line over and over again,
To enjoy the 'Ahha!' moment after you're through with it.
It may not be easy to know where you lack,
At least, you have a head start with what needs to be done.
It's good to be nagged for something by somebody,
It keeps a track of your commitments.
If no one's criticizing, you're definitely on the wrong track.
It feels good to remember your father scold you,
Although, only after you realize, he did so for your own good.
It's good to hurt your close ones.
It makes you value them more after you're done.
It's good to realize that you can go no further,
And still carry on.
It's good for someone to tell you that it's impossible.
You have a new cause to tell them that it isn't.
It feels good to be perverse.
Even better is if you are assured to stay that you'll stay that way to your grave.
It's good to be an out-lier, if you can, in your own way,
No reason for this one though.
It's good to take the wrong side.
You always get the bigger picture.
It's good to have someone ahead,
It makes you want to do better.
It's good to have someone closing in from behind,
It makes you want to hold out that wee-bit longer.
It's good to disagree.
So, let's agree to disagree.
It's good to be selfish.
It is always better to not regret for compromising yourself.
It's good to feel an empty wallet.
It teaches you the value of desperation and hard earned money.
It's good to stand outnumbered.
You feel stronger.
Peace isn't good.
It makes you weak.
Fighting is good.
It tells you exactly how strong your ties are.
Losing is good.
It makes you want to win.
Jealousy in good.
The struggle to go uphill,
is necessary to feel the tantalizing taste of going downhill.
Ram is good, So is Ravana.
So as black, as is white.
Why did all this come up?
I was having my lunch today. A few friends and I were discussing festivals. I for one, don't have a good idea about the dates for every festival by-heart. I'm just happy to get a holiday as and when these days come by. Now, who doesn't enjoy a holiday?
Suddenly, Diwali came up in our talks. And one of us chanted that cliched line "Diwali is the celebration of the victory of good over evil.". Yeah?? Seriously? I frankly got pissed-off. How can we be so definitely sure of the 'good' and 'evil' part? I mean, how did anyone benefit from that fight? Was there loss on only one side?
As it is, from what appears to be the very beginning of mankind, we have been living with biases. Right is the 'Dexter', left isn't, because we wash our backsides with the left hand, that is, in most cases. So the rule doesn't apply for those who use their right hand to wash their backs?
As Michael Jackson sang, "It doesn't matter if you're black or white".