Chloe’s Dogma: Five Simple Teachings from Our Rescue On Leading a Happy Life

By Brian Nichols, Todd Wiggins and Andrew Evans

Occasionally in life, fate places something or someone on your path, and your life is blessed in a way that you never could have predicted. Chloe’s Dogma is one of those stories; the meeting of two people with a dog named Chloe. In her adventures, Chloe survives a series of near misses – overcoming adversity and neglect along the way to finding her forever family.

In the time since Brian Nichols and Andrew Evans decided to bring her home, Chloe has taught them many of life’s most important lessons. They started talking about what life advice Chloe might give, and the result of those conversations is this book.

Chloe’s Dogma is a concise guide that includes five simple but profound teachings to help anyone seeking to lead a happy life. Each teaching includes a set of practices that, when applied regularly, can help create a life of enthusiasm, gratitude, and living-in-the-moment happiness! Chloe’s Dogma offers both instruction and inspiration for happy living.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu Publishing Services
• Release date: Feb 3, 2014
• ISBN: 9781483407432

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Chloe’s Dogma

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5 Simple Teachings from our Rescue on Leading a Happy Life

B. NICHOLS, A. EVANS, AND T. WIGGINS

Copyright © 2014 Brian Nichols, Andrew Evans, and Todd Wiggins.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted by any means—whether auditory, graphic, mechanical, or electronic—without written permission of both publisher and author, except in the case of brief excerpts used in critical articles and reviews. Unauthorized reproduction of any part of this work is illegal and is punishable by law.

ISBN: 978-1-4834-0744-9 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4834-0743-2 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2014901062

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Lulu Publishing Services rev. date: 02/27/2014

Contents

Dedication

Whose Story?

Paths Cross

Be Resilient

Attitude is Everything!

Family, Family, Family

Play with Abandon

Tend to The Basics

Appendix:

About the Authors

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Dedication

While writing this book, Brian and Andrew both experienced unexpected and tragic loss. In August, Brian’s brother died, and then Andrew’s sister died less than two months later. Finishing this book has been a way to heal and feel positive about life again. We loved our brother and sister dearly, and they played such an important and supportive part in our lives. We know if we could talk to them one more time, they would tell us to be happy, to live a life of inspiration, and to follow our dreams.

We would like to dedicate Chloe’s DOGma to David William Nichols and Jena Claire Evans Thompson. In their memory we will donate a portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book to:

Northern California Family Dog Rescue (norcalfamilydogrescue.org)