“The future is usually imagined as either better or worse than the present. If the imagined future is better, it gives you hope or pleasurable anticipation. If it is worse, it creates anxiety. Both are illusory.” IfsGivingAnxietyAnticipationIllusory Book:Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from the Power of Now Source: Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from the Power of Now