Life is an operation which is done in a forward direction. One lives toward the future because to live consists inexorably in doing in each individual life making itself.
I worked at an ice cream parlor called Chadwicks. We wore old-timey outfits and had to bang a drum play a kazoo and sing 'Happy Birthday' to people while giving them free birthday sundaes. Lots of ice cream scooping and $1 tips.