Good?

Good isn't great, but it's not bad either. Good is the happy medium like the content among the blissful. The acceptable over the untollerable. The kudos instead of the promotion. Good can be a cover for bad and mask for the sad, but it can also be a smirky downplay of something better. It's meaning is in the execution...

"Good on you!"

"Oh, no.. it's good."

"Good job!"

"Good Graces."

"You did good." (never mind that people do things -well-)

"Good night."

"That's a good one."

"Good News!"

"We good?"

"We're good."

"Good Friends."

"Good Game!"

"You're good."

"Good condition."

"Right here is good."

"Uh... pretty good."

"Good save!"

"Really Good!"

"Good enough."

(Like a) "Good Neighbor." (StateFarm is there.... ahem)

Type "Good" enough times and it begins to look foreign. Maybe it is. Maybe that's why it has been used so diversely. Good is not just one thing or even one degree. Good is like temperature in its variant fluctuations, punctuated by tone and delivery. Spoken or written, it comes down to the interpretation.

Perception. Good is a matter of perception as much as anything can be. Good to one is bad to another and some can't even define it. Good is a compromise, for which we're often willing to settle.

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