Brazil Trip 3: A Writing, Spiritual & Revitalizing Journey
Pinch me – I’m in Brazil for my third trip. And trust me, this journey will be equally spiritual but also, my third trip to the country I am so in love with will also be work related. I have a dream that I must proclaim here now and everyday forward beyond my arrival at my dream. I will be a published author traveling, seeing, and learning the world while promoting my NY Times and world acclaimed novels. It’s been a dream, a goal of mine secretly and quietly for years now with spurts of dedication and little sustainable commitment to it. But all of that foolishness is about to change.
What does this have to do with Brazil? I’m traveling to Brazil this trip with 16 friends. We have known each other since 2002 but all of us have done a horrible job with keeping in touch. I have serious love for all 16 and truly feel blessed to know them. We all decided to take this trip to Brazil together, spend time with one another, and learn each other all over again. There’s one very special man in the 16 that I can’t wait for all of you to meet. His name is Garret Harlem Lawrence.
This is the deal. Garret is HIV positive and independently wealthy; some would say filthy-nasty rich. He would probably be more upset that I’ve told you he is independently wealthy than he would about his HIV status. Unfortunately, Garret has been told that he has months to live (medications are simply not working) and in true Garret spirit, he’s not going without a fight, some big-bang exit for his crazy and unbelievable life. For the last five years, Garret documented in his personal sex journals, all of the people he has had sex with – most of them anonymous or casual encounters, none of them he ever disclosed his HIV status to. With much help from his twin brother Ziggy, his closest friends Woody and Deja, and a national television network, Garret invited close to 500 people he had sexed to this lavish party to disclose his HIV status. I know, crazy right?
At this party, Garret disclosed his HIV status to his sex partners by pre-recorded video and then offered to them all (but only ten could accept) one million dollars to participate in a reality based, HIV prevention television show to air on a national television network. Each of the ten found out their HIV status on camera and we are all waiting for the reality show to air. Garret and I both know that as crazy as his plan was, this reality show will inevitably educate millions of viewers.
This is who I am spending my time with in Brazil. It’s a mad crazy bunch but trust, all characters will make this trip well worth the journey. I’ve stated and will continue to verbally manifest up until and all through the physical living and breathing materialization of my dream, I will be a published author traveling, seeing and learning the world while promoting my novels. My dream is for my first published novel to generate so much income that I can live in Brazil for half the year working on my next novel. What better backdrop to write a novel than Salvador, Bahia and Rio de Jennneiro. And in best Anthony fashion, I’ve learned that if you truly have a dream, live the parts of your dream that you can create today and by doing so, you are ordering the Universe to have the rest fall in line. What I know I can create today is a trip to Brazil where I can spend time writing my first novel tentatively titled “Never Just Sex.” Welcome to my third trip to Brazil!
What does this have to do with Brazil? I’m traveling to Brazil this trip with 16 friends. We have known each other since 2002 but all of us have done a horrible job with keeping in touch. I have serious love for all 16 and truly feel blessed to know them. We all decided to take this trip to Brazil together, spend time with one another, and learn each other all over again. There’s one very special man in the 16 that I can’t wait for all of you to meet. His name is Garret Harlem Lawrence.
This is the deal. Garret is HIV positive and independently wealthy; some would say filthy-nasty rich. He would probably be more upset that I’ve told you he is independently wealthy than he would about his HIV status. Unfortunately, Garret has been told that he has months to live (medications are simply not working) and in true Garret spirit, he’s not going without a fight, some big-bang exit for his crazy and unbelievable life. For the last five years, Garret documented in his personal sex journals, all of the people he has had sex with – most of them anonymous or casual encounters, none of them he ever disclosed his HIV status to. With much help from his twin brother Ziggy, his closest friends Woody and Deja, and a national television network, Garret invited close to 500 people he had sexed to this lavish party to disclose his HIV status. I know, crazy right?
At this party, Garret disclosed his HIV status to his sex partners by pre-recorded video and then offered to them all (but only ten could accept) one million dollars to participate in a reality based, HIV prevention television show to air on a national television network. Each of the ten found out their HIV status on camera and we are all waiting for the reality show to air. Garret and I both know that as crazy as his plan was, this reality show will inevitably educate millions of viewers.
This is who I am spending my time with in Brazil. It’s a mad crazy bunch but trust, all characters will make this trip well worth the journey. I’ve stated and will continue to verbally manifest up until and all through the physical living and breathing materialization of my dream, I will be a published author traveling, seeing and learning the world while promoting my novels. My dream is for my first published novel to generate so much income that I can live in Brazil for half the year working on my next novel. What better backdrop to write a novel than Salvador, Bahia and Rio de Jennneiro. And in best Anthony fashion, I’ve learned that if you truly have a dream, live the parts of your dream that you can create today and by doing so, you are ordering the Universe to have the rest fall in line. What I know I can create today is a trip to Brazil where I can spend time writing my first novel tentatively titled “Never Just Sex.” Welcome to my third trip to Brazil!
On the beach in Salvador, getting a very special foot massage from a local making his money for the day. It's a job that brings him joy - as he spoke very little English to tell me so. He kept singing Backstreet Boys and other American songs to me. What a welcome to Brazil!
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