a response to wes's rule of life post (scroll down)

i wanted to comment on wes's rule of life post up here because it has become lost in the insanity of our blogging. i think it'd be interesting to read the article and respond with our rules of life (if we have one). i was thinking that choosing a rule of life is hard to pinpoint because it's putting a label to something we already do. one example was Count Saxony, an 18th cent. aristocrat, who started a group with his friends where they took a vow to "be true to christ, to be kind to people and bring the gospel to the nations." in a way, isn't that what we already do (hopefully)? i think having a rule of life is like putting your lifestyle/goals into a few words simply in order to be intentional with what you're doing. i don't think it has to be as grand and as outstanding as it sounds, it's simple. something about putting our focus in life into words motivates us, makes us feel charged and full of purpose. anyway, after all that i'm not sure i know what my rule of life would be. i know that our "yearly verse" last year was something from the message about being a breath of fresh air in a squalid society "showing a glimpse of good living and of the living god." maybe that's my rule of life. could we have a family rule of life?