January 2024 3 w Discover What Matters Read more and apply: We’re hiring both Anatomic and Clinical Pathologists to join our team in South Africa! *The AP job can be done from anywhere in the country; the CP is partially remote and partially on site in Kyalami, Midrand. At IDEXX, helping pets lead longer, fuller lives is at the heart of everything we do. Our diagnostic and software products and services create clarity in a complex and evolving world. Our innovations also help ensure the safety of milk and water around the world and maintain the health and well-being of livestock, poultry, and horses. Joining our Pathology team means being part of a dynamic environment dedicated to innovation, research, and compassionate care for animals. We offer competitive compensation, professional growth opportunities, and a supportive work culture. If you’re passionate about making a difference in the lives of animals and are eager to contribute your expertise to a collaborative team, we’d love to hear from you! Or email our recruiter at Nicole-Hammer-Kohler@idexx.com www.IDEXX.com/careers This Copernican shift in perspective has given rise to the new “science of happiness”. Happiness has three dimensions that can be cultivated: “The pleasant life” is realized if we learn to savour and appreciate such basic pleasures as companionship, the natural environment and our bodily needs; or We can remain pleasantly stuck at this stage or we can go on to experience “the good life,” which is achieved by discovering our unique virtues and strengths and employing them creatively to enhance our lives; or We can aspire for “the meaningful life,” in which we find a deep sense of fulfilment by mobilizing our unique strengths for a purpose much greater than ourselves. Despite powerful genetic and environmental influences, a sizable chunk of our mental well-being depends on our actions and attitudes. By cultivating certain strengths and virtues, we are not escaping from the causes of depression but rather generating a resilience that protects us from it. Teaching “Happiness” (Resilience) is an urgent task. Being happy is the greatest form of success. As those who have experienced it well know, depression is a very real form of suffering. We are living in the dawn of a new beginning. Traditional religious and spiritual ways are in decline and new ways are replacing them. This is happening because people want inner peace, not just promises of inner peace. People want to experience what is sacred directly, not through the words of middlemen. People want lives filled with love and fellowship, not lives filled with stress and separation. People want communities that truly have their back, not communities that let the powerful prey on them. Blessed can be defined as divinely or happily favored; fortunate to have, do, or experience something: often used in a lighthearted way or to avoid sounding boastful. There are seven supernatural blessings that God wants to release to those who honour Him: double portion, financial abundance, restoration, miracles, God’s divine presence, blessings upon your family and deliverance. Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness. May 2024 be a year where action will be taken to bless you and those around you with happiness. v Kind regards, Paul van der Merwe
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