Dick Van Dyke

And then there is the list nobody makes, the NOT To-Do list.
1.Do not forget to exercise.
2.Do not stop being curious.
3.Do not forget to try new things—even a new flavor of ice cream will do.
4.Do not forget to open your mind every day.
5.Do not stop asking why do I believe what I believe.
6.Do not forget to smile.
7.Do not forget to make someone else smile.

I attended services for about six months and then lost touch with the rabbi until not too long ago when our paths happened to cross. He was in his nineties. “What do you do now?” I asked. “I’m still learning,” he said. “Still reading and learning.”

I remember bumping into Fred Astaire when he was in his early eighties, younger than I am now but still up there. “Do you still dance?” I asked. “Yes,” he said. “But it hurts now.” That might be the best summation I have heard of old age. You do the same things you always did—or try to—except that it hurts. You continue to move. It just takes longer.

One last note: I hope I don’t come off in this book as thinking I know everything—I don’t. I don’t claim to know much of anything unless it involves lyrics and a tune. But I do know this:
If you are young, get used to having old people around. There’s only going to be more of us—including you!
If you are middle-aged, don’t think about getting old.
If you are already old, congratulations, you now know what I know! There is no finish line. Stay open to whatever happens. Don’t be scared of dying. Be more frightened that you haven’t finished living. Make living a life achievement.
Keep moving.
Or, as the kids say, #KeepMoving.