Mary, Did You Know?

Don't start thinking about that "Friday, 13" at the top of your screen - now's the time to celebrate Christmas! I've had the opportunity to learn some more Christmas songs for you to listen to this season. There are only 2 weeks left, but there's still time! Today's song is called "Mary Did You Know." I hope you like this one!

Listen to the song here
(Can't see an audio player? It might not work if you're viewing this in an email client. If you are on teawithliya.blogspot.ca, you may need to try a different browser.)

There are actually a lot of things that we don't know. In fact, yesterday I said, "I don't know what my life is going to look like in 20 years." But then I thought about it and said, "I don't really know what my life will look like in 1 year, either. Anything could change."

The thing is, we can talk about someday being able to travel through time and know everything that will happen, but....

Okay. Let's say that in 2738, we finally procure that capability by a process we don't fully understand. We are now sending ourselves (that is, 99.9% of us) to 2956, 2237, and even 1978.

Wait a minute. 1978? Wouldn't anyone have noticed if a person had just appeared saying, "I'm here from 2738"?

I know you're saying that no one ever went to 1978. But don't you think someone would have arrived by now?

Besides, hasn't it been scientifically proven that information can't travel to the past - it can only be stored and continue to exist in the future?

There - I just said it. We can't see through time. For that reason, all we can do is make predictions - some of which aren't very accurate (I try not to complain about how it rains when the forecast says "sunny").

So if we can't see through time, maybe we should let go of the sensation of control and knowing what will happen. Anything could change.

Mary didn't know what was going to happen... but she trusted that everything would work out. That's what we have to do, too. We have to prepare for the things we can know about and know that we don't control the rest of it.

I hope that this Christmas season, you will keep filling your teacup with music!

~Liya