Life's Lessons in A (thorny) Nutshell

                                                                     Author: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma

Image: To Look for Openings

and Create Opportunities (here)

Prompt: 1

Things to remember if you're 

not rich and famous yet

Prompt:2
the given words are: 
– rough and smooth 

– sit and stand

not to be pushed into a corner

nor to be kicked down to the bottom

it may be rough but to play it easy

to bid a smooth response for jagged edges 

 

not to be too close to the precipice

choose to stay around the bend

to react fast and never to sit around

but stand up to be counted

for business will never progress on autopilot

retreat in case of a reversal

far quicker to be able

to fight for another day

and rise up the peak again

to forge a line of thinking

where the sky is the limit

move and the jigsaw will fall into place

not to wait around but to grab

for the returns to riches 

would require one to be proactive

One can well then sleep 

soundly at night

Rosemary's at Poets and Storytellers United

with  Writers' Pantry #85: 

Things to remember if you're not rich and famous yet

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with the given words