And but, regardless of the frailty he describes, Van Dyke insisted {that a} sense of play stays important to how he navigates growing old, saying he nonetheless likes to consider the world “like an enormous playground.”
He wrote he continues to sing, joke and dance round the home with Arlene, who he calls his supply of energy. “Every single day she finds a brand new method to preserve me up and shifting, vibrant and hopeful and wanted,” he mentioned.
Van Dyke mentioned he nonetheless pushes himself to remain energetic.
“I nonetheless attempt to hit the gymnasium 3 times per week,” he mentioned, and talked about he even sings whereas shifting between machines.
“By ‘going’ I imply dancing. You heard me, dancing,” he added.
Requested what retains him wanting ahead, he supplied a easy guidelines strategy, saying everybody ought to ask themselves in the event that they need to keep optimistic and alive: “What are you going to do as we speak? What would you like tomorrow, subsequent month, subsequent 12 months to appear to be?”