How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

by Angie Cruz

We step in the shit on purpose so we’re forced to buy new shoes. You know what I’m saying?

When you need each other to survive, you forgive. That’s the way it is.

If you try to fix something that somebody do not want to fix they will hate you for it. To offer help is OK. To push, no.

What is wrong with this country? So cold. With a document, they ruin a life.

Ángela is angry all the time for something. Like she wants to make me disappear.

Learn this from me: Sometimes when you can’t change your ánimo you have to have people like Hernán to remind you about the important things in life. Sometimes we need help to not drown in a glass of water.

Freedom is being able to live your truth without having to apologize for it.

Who cares what anybody thinks? I said, and surprised myself.

It reminds me how every time I trust my sensation everything goes OK. This is why I am here today because this morning I thought about you and I felt to make you pastelitos.

Like Walter Mercado taught me. Like Alicia the Psychic said in one of her letters: The time to be courageous is now.

Like La Vieja Caridad said, Don’t live with regrets. Be present. Trust yourself. That is why I am here. Talking to you, all these weeks, has been very good for me. I have learned a lot. Talking reminds me that no matter how difficult my life is, I have always found a solution to my prob...