Description
In Keep Moving, Dick Van Dyke offers his own playful anecdotes and advice, as well as insights from his brother, actor Jerry Van Dyke; his friend and writer of The Dick Van Dyke Show, Carl Reiner; and other spirited family and friends. Whether he’s describing the pleasure he takes in his habitual visits to the grocery store; how he met his late-in-life-love Arlene; or how he sprung back, livelier than ever, from a near-death experience, Dick’s optimistic outlook is an invigorating tonic for anyone who needs a reminder that life should be lived with enthusiasm despite what the calendar says.
You don’t have to act your age. You don’t even have to feel it. And if it does attempt to elbow its way into your life, you do not have to pay attention. If I am out shopping and hear music playing in a store, I start to dance. If I wish to sing, I sing. I read books and get excited about new ideas. I enjoy myself. I don’t take into accounts the way I am supposed to act at my age or at any age. As far as I know, There is not any manual for old age. There is not any test you have to pass. There is not any way you have to behave. There is not any such thing as age appropriate.’
When people ask my secret to staying youthful at an age when getting up and down from your chair on your own is thought of as an accomplishment, you know what I tell them?
Keep moving.’”
Dick Van Dyke