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Mar 25, 2025
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Christian Estrada, 22, Mexican, creative (portrait shot March 19, 2025.)
This is his story.
Christian chose the lyrics of Los Caminos de la Vida (The Walks of Life), a song by the Mexican band La Tropa Vallenata, as his story for the WE project:
Los caminos de la vida
No son como yo pensaba
Como los imaginaba
No son como yo creía
Los caminos de la vida
Son muy difícil de andarlos
Difícil de caminarlos
Yo no encuentro la salida
Yo pensaba que la vida era distinta
Cuando estaba pequeñito yo creía
Que las cosas eran fácil como ayer
Que mi viejecita buena se esmeraba
Por darme todo lo que necesitaba
Y hoy me doy cuenta que tanto así no es
Porque mi viejita ya está cansada
De trabajar pa' mi hermano y pa' mí
Y ahora con gusto me toca ayudarla
Y por mi vieja luchare hasta el fin
Por ella lucharé hasta que me muera
Y por ella no me quiero morir
Tampoco que se me muera mi vieja
Pero qué va si el destino es así
Los caminos de la vida
No son como yo pensaba
No son como imaginaba
No son como yo creía
Los caminos de la vida
Son muy difícil de andarlos
Difícil de caminarlos
Y no encuentro la salida
Uno sabe que la vida
De repente ha de acabarse
Y uno espera que sea tarde
Que llegue la despedida
Un amigo me decía
Recompensaré a mis viejos
Por la crianza que me dieron
Y no le alcanzó la vida
Por eso te pido a ti, mi dios del cielo
Para que me guíes al camino correcto
Para mi viejita linda compensar
Para que olvide ese mar de sufrimientos
Y que de ella se aparte todo el tormento
Que para criarnos tuvo que pasar
Viejita linda tienes que entenderme
No te preocupes todo va a cambiar
Yo sufro mucho madrecita al verte
Necesitada y no te puedo dar
A veces lloro al sentirme impotente
Son tantas cosas que te quiero dar
Y voy a luchar incansablemente
Porque tú no mereces sufrir más
Los caminos de la vida
No son como yo pensaba
No son como imaginaba
No son como yo creía
Los caminos de la vida
Son muy difícil de andarlos
Difícil de caminarlos
Y no encuentro la salida
The paths of life
Are not as I thought
As I imagined them
They are not as I believed
The paths of life
Are very difficult to walk
Difficult to tread
I can't find the way out
I thought life was different
When I was little I believed
That things were as easy as yesterday
That my dear mother did her best
To give me everything I needed
And today
I realize it's not quite like that
Because my dear mother is already tired
Of working for my brother and me
And now I gladly have to help her
And I will fight for my mother until the end
I will fight for her until I die
And I don't want to die for her
Nor do I want my mother to die
But what can I do if destiny is like that
The paths of life
Are not as I thought
As I imagined them
They are not as I believed
The paths of life
Are very difficult to walk
Difficult to tread
And I can't find the way out
One knows that life
May suddenly end
And one hopes it's late
That the farewell comes
A friend told me I will repay my parents
For the upbringing they gave me
And life didn't give him enough time
That's why I ask you, my God in heaven
To guide me to the right path
To compensate my dear mother
So she forgets that sea of suffering
And all torment stays away from her
That she had to go through to raise us
Dear mother, you have to understand me
Don't worry, everything will change
I suffer a lot, dear mother, seeing you
In need and I can't give you
Sometimes I cry feeling helpless
There are so many things I want to give you
And I will fight tirelessly
Because you don't deserve to suffer anymore
The paths of life
Are not as I thought
As I imagined them
They are not as I believed
The paths of life
Are very difficult to walk
Difficult to tread
And I can't find the way out
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