{"id":7124,"date":"2024-02-27T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=7124"},"modified":"2024-02-19T20:26:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T03:26:32","slug":"bills-life-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=7124","title":{"rendered":"Bill&#8217;s Life Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My friend and fellow Navigator staff Bill Mowry, author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ways-Alongsider-Growing-Disciples-Life\/dp\/1631465724\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=33P2584IQBKE9&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.NvM2x1VwLicFpXkxMr-F-JQydjArSDF2Ls_qfYVAplwwjZ4mtx7n5nOz6QvUtuZYDbBYdkM9arnRno9Ww6dlitCtoB6oD_Bg6K-GRhzBWrI.AeilMAgsQ_0IMZRJF7jM_QVMt6hFxdxBzPtzjnYWgXk&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=ways+of+the+alongsider&amp;qid=1708397315&amp;sprefix=Ways+of+the+Alon%2Caps%2C352&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ways of the Alongsider<\/a>, sent me his &#8220;Life Rules&#8221; before a one-to-one Zoom meeting a few days ago. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/profile_photo-circle-4aafb918aa5b3546420d3b4faa13e6dc-5d95ff7758729-002.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/profile_photo-circle-4aafb918aa5b3546420d3b4faa13e6dc-5d95ff7758729-002.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/profile_photo-circle-4aafb918aa5b3546420d3b4faa13e6dc-5d95ff7758729-002.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/profile_photo-circle-4aafb918aa5b3546420d3b4faa13e6dc-5d95ff7758729-002.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/profile_photo-circle-4aafb918aa5b3546420d3b4faa13e6dc-5d95ff7758729-002.jpg?w=634&amp;ssl=1 634w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I saw the file title, I thought it was a list that included these words of wisdom that I&#8217;ve heard Bill articulate often:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Life is too short to work with people you don&#8217;t have good chemistry with.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Life is too short for one more meeting. <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those are good rules! But not the ones he calls &#8220;Life Rules.&#8221; He has nine, and they are good ones, reproduced here with his permission:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>I\u2019m enjoying God\u2019s presence and I\u2019m faithful to His purposes in the rhythms and routines of life.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>I will grow a marriage with Peggy marked by fun, intimacy, and an ever-growing faith.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>I will live generously \u2014 giving away my gifts, wisdom and time to write, teach, and coach.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>I will cultivate a wise and thoughtful life through the wisdom of God\u2019s word, mentors, books, and lifelong learning.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>I will invest in and enjoy a small circle of friends while growing my local circle of acquaintances and new friends.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>I will practice living within limits, caring for my body so that I\u2019m physically, mentally, and emotionally able to serve God and others.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>I will slow down to savor God\u2019s goodness in creation, culture, and life\u2019s routines avoiding analysis, criticism, and complaining.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>I will practice creativity by thinking, writing, gardening, and pioneering.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>I will invest in the local, loving my neighbors and my neighborhood \u2014 pushing back the darkness and bringing in the light.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both in our 70s, we discussed the importance of &#8220;living within limits&#8221; and &#8220;slowing down to savor God&#8217;s goodness&#8230;&#8221; Bill would be honored if any of us integrated one or more of these &#8220;rules&#8221; into our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. (Psalm 90.12, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Be generous with the different things God gave you, passing them around so all get in on it: (1 Peter 4.10, MSG)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend and fellow Navigator staff Bill Mowry, author of Ways of the Alongsider, sent me his &#8220;Life Rules&#8221; before a one-to-one Zoom meeting a few days ago. When I saw the file title, I thought it was a list that included these words of wisdom that I&#8217;ve heard Bill articulate often: Those are good &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=7124\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bill&#8217;s Life Rules<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8X9bo-1QU","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7126,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7124\/revisions\/7126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}