Candace Lester White

Wife, daughter, sister, aunt, friend, step mom & gram, dreamer/believer/doer, forever student, teacher, mentor, child of God. Helaman 5:12 John 3:16

[Candace Lester White @musegrl]

Independence Day 🇺🇸

[Ron DeSantis @RonDeSantis]

250 years ago, on July 2nd, 1776, the Second Continental Congress voted to declare independence from Great Britain.

John Adams wrote to his wife the next day:

“The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America.—I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.”

Well, not quite.

On July 4th, the delegates adopted the Declaration of Independence — and that has been the day for celebrations ever since.

[Candace Lester White @musegrl]

Like what was said or don't like it, speaking one's lived experience is being a witness, and witnesses should not be silenced. They should be heard, not prosecuted.

[Thaïs d’Escufon @ThaisEscufon]

Europeans and American patriots!

Tomorrow, the courts of my country, France, may decide to send me to prison for daring to say on television that “the main danger to women in France is Black African and Arab immigrant men.”

Meanwhile, my own attacker, a Tunisian migrant, is still at large.

I need your help to generate media pressure and hope to be acquitted.

They cannot silence the truth!

Thank you for your support 💪🏻🇫🇷

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

For more than 20 years, Norwegian neuroscientist Audrey van der Meer has investigated how handwriting shapes the human brain.

In a landmark 2024 study published in Frontiers in Psychology, her team used high-density EEG caps to monitor brain activity in students while they either wrote by hand with a digital pen or typed on a keyboard.

The difference was dramatic. Handwriting produced a powerful, synchronized burst of neural activity across widespread regions of the brain, linking areas involved in memory formation, sensory processing, and deep learning. In contrast, typing the exact same content caused this rich cognitive network to largely shut down. Because typing uses repetitive, uniform keystrokes, it demands little spatial or cognitive effort, leaving key learning centers quiet and disengaged.

These neurological differences have a direct effect on how we process and remember information. Earlier research by Pam Mueller and Daniel Oppenheimer at Princeton University reached similar conclusions. Students who took notes by hand consistently outperformed those using laptops on conceptual understanding tests. Handwriting forces active listening, critical thinking, and real-time summarization, while typing often leads to verbatim transcription with minimal processing.

Our brains function as part of an embodied biological system. Replacing rich physical actions with effortless digital keystrokes may deliver short-term convenience, but it comes at the expense of deeper cognitive engagement.

The solution is simple and timeless: pick up a pen.

[Van der Meer, A. L. H., et al. (2024). Handwriting versus typing: A neurophysiological comparison of brain activity during learning. Frontiers in Psychology, 15. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1234567]

[Candace Lester White @musegrl]

This, but sans stogie.

[The Conservative Alternative @OldeWorldOrder]

JOHN F KENNEDY: "Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men."

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Before and after the dog park

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Just a dog taking a moment to smell the roses

[Candace Lester White @musegrl]

A hill I will die on: a dog with a job is one of the most beautiful things in all of mortality.

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

Herding skills.. 💪

[Candace Lester White @musegrl]

🤯

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

When you notice they are playing each other’s instruments.

📹 Monen mit Melonen

[Candace Lester White @musegrl]

He is risen.🪻☀️💚

[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints @Ch_JesusChrist]

As Mary Magdalene and her companions mournfully approached the Garden Tomb, two angels appeared to them and shared the clarion call of all Christianity:

"Why seek ye the living among the dead?"

"He is not here, but is risen" (Luke 24:5-6).

This Easter season we also joyfully testify of this same eternal truth—Jesus Christ is risen. He lives!

The Savior of the world was crucified and, on the third day, rose from the dead, "the firstfruits of them that slept" (1 Corinthians 15:20). His Resurrection allows all to be resurrected, and through His grace, we can find peace "which passeth all understanding" (Philippians 4:7) and "be perfected in him" (Moroni 10:32).

We invite each of you during this Easter season to "seek this Jesus of whom the prophets and apostles have written" (Ether 12:41). As you do so, we testify that your Easter celebrations can strengthen your own faith and testimony that "death is conquered; man is free. Christ has won the victory" ("He Is Risen!" Hymns, no. 199).

—The First Presidency
@OaksDallinH
@EyringHB
@ChristoffDTodd

[Candace Lester White @musegrl]

@GuyG_Boffin @sciencegirl It was war. 😓 Heartbreaking.

[Candace Lester White @musegrl]

@PhillipJPettis @The_Kyle_Mann Covered under sin, surely, as only one influenced by a demon would commit such treachery.

[Candace Lester White @musegrl]

"Life doesn't have to be perfect to be wonderful."
-A dog 🐕

[LibertyJ @LibertyJen]

Good morning.
I can’t stop thinking about this.

[Candace Lester White @musegrl]

Wheeeeeeeee

[🏆⚽️🐕Malinois Radek 🐕🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇺🇲🇧🇪 @RadTheMaligator]

Brain chemistry matched 👀

[Candace Lester White @musegrl]

🤍🌿🕊

[Neil L. Andersen @AndersenNeilL]

The powerful compassion of the Savior in forgiving sin and in healing the wounds caused by the sins of others is a most miraculous manifestation of the love of God.

In the Lord’s time, you can feel His voice telling you, “Let these things trouble you no more” (Alma 42:29). One day, as you continue to turn to the Savior, your Heavenly Father will take “away the guilt from [your heart], through the merits of his Son” (Alma 24:10).

[Candace Lester White @musegrl]

@Shortstop42 I am to be a willing participant, not a flawless being. There is only one of those in life, and His name is Jesus.

[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints @Ch_JesusChrist]

"The joy of the gospel is relying on [Jesus] Christ, knowing that He is there and He'll save me. And so knowing that, it takes a lot of weight off my shoulders, because I don't have to worry about being all perfect. It's all up to God."

[Candace Lester White @musegrl]

I believe in Jesus Christ. He is real, and He is dear to me. Prayer has been one of the profound teachers of Him in my life. And because of prayer, I can have tender moments at every turn in this turbulent life.

[Neil L. Andersen @AndersenNeilL]

“By small and simple things are great things brought to pass” (Alma 37:6).

Last March, as Kathy and I were assigned to speak at RootsTech, President Jeffrey R. Holland told me he was planning to attend.

I insisted that he participate with us on the stand. He shared a very sacred experience when he teetered between life and death a few months before and what he learned about the importance of prayer.

It is a message for all of us, and is shared in his open and transparent way of speaking. I will never forget his profound influence upon me and I look forward with great anticipation to our reunion in the years ahead.

[Candace Lester White @musegrl]

Dogs are proof of a loving God.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Photographer Claudio Piccoli captures dogs mid-air at peak energy, turning split seconds into sculptural portraits.

[📹 laudiopiccoliphotographer]

[Candace Lester White @musegrl]

Merry Christmas! May you find a sliver of stillness to be able to feel the peace, joy, and love of our Savior and King.

[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints @Ch_JesusChrist]

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given” (Isaiah 9:6). On this sacred day, may we remember that perfect babe cradled in a manger. He is the reason we rejoice, celebrate, and give gifts today. Our Savior, Jesus Christ, is the gift.

[Candace Lester White @musegrl]

😳🌊🚢

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Life of a sailor

https://t.co/mVPCfuI1pS

[Candace Lester White @musegrl]

What Christmas is all about 🌟♥️

[Smash Baals @smashbaals]

Millions have now heard the Gospel proclaimed by Linus each year

But few realize he drops his blanket at the news of the Savior being born because he’s no longer afraid