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The Neuroscience of Singing http://upliftconnect.com/neuroscience-of-singing/ By Cassandra Sheppard on Sunday December 11th, 2016 I found this on facebook!  It is so interesting!  Let's have a sing-along this  weekend!  Personally I have noticed I find it difficult to sing if I am sad or depressed in any way.  I realized that singing does lift my spirits!  It will yours too!    Singing Together Brings Heartbeats Into Harmony The neuroscience of singing shows that when we sing our neurotransmitters connect in new and different ways. It fires up the right temporal lobe of our brain, releasing endorphins that make us smarter, healthier, happier and more creative. When we sing with other people this effect is amplified. The science is in. Singing is really, really good for you and the most recent research suggests that group singing is the most exhilarating and transformative of all. The good feeli...

Here are some uplifting thoughts for the day!  I have been busy getting ready to move up to northern Utah, going through years of "stuff".  I may not write as often for the next 2 months or so.  I am visiting old friends, etc., that I have known all my life.  I will be leaving the town I was born in, and lived in the majority of my life.  It is hard to describe feelings of leaving here, and yet being very anxious to move up closer to 6 of my children, and many grand and great grandchildren!  I'm excited to be up there!  I will be closer to about 3/4th of the dear people in our family picture that was taken when we celebrated my 80th birthday, in September, 2014. March 7, 2017 Obedience SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Matthew 19:20-22 "The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?  Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor,...

This is a wonderful article!  You men who hold the Priesthood -- Are you living worthy to give a blessing at a moment's notice?  I have realized since my dear husband Wayne died, that one of the things I miss the most is having a worthy Priesthood holder in my home!  I miss it and will love being in my oldest son's home after April 15th, when I move to Bountiful. Does Anyone Here Hold the Priesthood? By Joni Hilton  · March 1, 2017 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE Last week I was in Utah awaiting my flight home to northern California. The flight was actually delayed for several hours, and the airline had even brought in pizza to appease hungry passengers. Parents struggled to entertain restless children, and the crowd settled into the expected groups of the understandably disgruntled, those demanding compensation, others making jokes, and many simply bonding the way you do in such a predicament....