"time in English is structured in terms of the TIME IS A MOVING OBJECT metaphor, with the future moving toward us" (#60 790)

"The proverb "Time flies" is an instance of the time is a moving object metaphor." (#60 794)

"By virtue of the TIME IS A MOVING OBJECT metaphor, time receives a front-back orientation facing in the direction of motion, just as any moving object would. Thus the future is facing toward us as it moves toward us" (#60 799)

"Since future times are facing toward us, the times following them are further in the future, and all future times follow the present. That is why the weeks to follow are the same as the weeks ahead of us." (#60 808)

"the time is a moving object metaphor, the front-back orientation given to time by virtue of its being a moving object, and the consistent application of words like follow, precede, and face when applied to time on the basis of the metaphor." (#60 811)