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Happiness Through Chocolate
 
Why The Chocolate Chronicles?

The Chocolate Life is a metaphor for living your life with conscious purpose and intention by connecting with your authentic self and inner passion; using that connection to fuel your personal, spiritual, and professional growth; and inspire others, by example, to live their Chocolate Life.

If you're like most people, you hate listening to the news on television and radio or reading newspapers because so much of what gets reported is negative and bleak. I don't know about you but sometimes I just want to crawl right back into bed. And don't even get me started about so-called "reality" programming that has no connection with any reality I have ever experienced.

What I long for is some meaningful respite from the craziness, something I can do that makes me happy to be alive and be a human being. Because my Chocolate Life is all about chocolate, I was inspired, to paraphrase Ghandi, to 'be the change I wanted to see in the world.' So I created The Chocolate Chronicles to do just that: chronicle the adventures and the good works of people all around the world who are doing interesting and inspiring things that somehow involve chocolate (or cacao or cocoa). These stories inspire me and make me happy and I know that they will bring you happiness and inspire you as well. And because "we are what we eat," I will also be reporting on health and nutrition research (especially chocolate-related) that you can use to improve your diet, which will lead to a better outlook on life and your Chocolate Life.

What you will find here on The Chocolate Chronicles web site is a mashup, a generous serving of The Chocolate Chronicles eNewsletter and content that's available just for subscribers. Should you choose to subscribe, you will receive, twice a month via e-mail, The Chocolate Chronicles eNewsletter plus you will gain access to content available only to subscribers.

I thought about supporting the site through advertising and/or commercial sponsorships, but I realized that they would be a negative influence and distracting as well. Through your direct support, The Chocolate Chronicles will be an oasis you can turn to and visit when you need something to inspire and recharge your spiritual batteries - when you need a taste of The Chocolate Life to help you make it through whatever you're struggling with at the moment.

Subscription information (including special offers for charter subscribers) can be flund by clicking on the Subscribe link in the left-hand navigation of any page.

Kind Regards,
Clay Gordon, The Chocolate Chronicler

Amy Singh, age 17

Hi Clay:

How are you? I hope all is well with you. I haven't written to you in a while and you're probably wondering what ever happened to me. I'll be a senior in high school this year and am looking forward to college next year. Sadly, I never did talk my parents into letting me do a presentation at the Miami Chocolate Festival, but this summer (after plenty of lobbying) I did manage to travel even further away and for me it was a deeply moving experience that I can share with you here.

The full story is HERE.

Armchair Adventure :: October 9-23, 2009

October is a busy month for chocolate in Europe and my travels include three countries and three major chocolate festivals in two weeks conveniently scheduled back-to-back. Is there such a thing as too much chocolate? I guess I am going to find out.

Learn more about my trip and where to follow along HERE.

© 2009 Clay Gordon/TheChocolateLife.com.