#237: nonce

2/1/2016

living for the nonce
is at once sureness and chance
and at times nonsense

"If you are depressed, you are living in the past.
If you are anxious, you are living in the future.
If you are at peace, you are living in the present."
— Lao Tzu

DEFINITION of this one-syllable noun:

the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).

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