Philip Zimbardo, the psychologist who brought you the notorious Stanford prison experiment, describes a healthy view of time in the 6 minute TED talk embedded below.
First of all, why can't I find anything about this on Wikipedia? (The closest I've come is this page on time perception.)
This is definitely a topic I want to explore further because to me it seems a little fishy. I'm not sure if it's overly simplistic or if it just bothers me that I am apparently not past-oriented enough.