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TAKE A MOMENT to take a deep, full breath. Pause. I doubt I am alone in needing that reminder – holiday season or otherwise. Think about your personal vision for 2020. Do you see more good, less effort or more of the same? The good news is you can help yourself – and all of us – have a better outlook. As we look to 2020, my hope is that you look inward to extend outward to your neighbors, colleagues, family, sphere of influence, leaders, the people who have different opinions, the less privileged, the strangers and those who look different than you. I recently spent two days at a racial equity training with the Racial Equity Institute from Greensboro, North Carolina, thanks to a grant from the Knight Foundation. My eyes are opened, my mind expanded and my soul stirred: Racial inequity is systemic in our country. For me, the conversation and learning with a focused group of Maconites at Mill Hill Community Arts Center in east Macon was an awakening. I maintain hope that many of us want to have a shared lens for how to approach, talk about, live with, work against and heal from racial inequities. It takes a village. There are considerations for more training sessions. Get in touch with me if you want to get in on this important conversation and find this shared vision for healing. With that in mind, what can we do to encourage better living and even living well in Macon? The shift will happen through intentional decisions in this new year: • Your choice for Macon mayoral candidate. • How you choose to give back to the needs of your relationships, family and community. • The ways you take care of your own wellbeing. Perhaps you will find a few or many reasons in these pages to open your soul to revival in Macon then move to action for good in this city and beyond. Take another deep, full breath. Pause. Onward. With hope, Susannah C. Maddux susannah@maconmagazine.com Breathe in 2020; look out with hope PICTURED ABOVE: Here I am among the trees at the "Festival of Trees" at the Museum of Arts and Sciences. Go enjoy this special exhibit of trees from organizations all around our community through Jan. 20. In the "The Good Life," the Macon Magazine tree, you'll see one of every issue since that inaugural issue in the winter of 1986. PICTURED BELOW: I am thankful for another year with this bright team at Macon Magazine. 8 MACONMAGAZINE.COM | D E C E M B E R / J A N U A R Y 2 0 2 0 m EDITOR'S LETTER T ake a moment to take a deep, full breath. Pause. I doubt I am alone in needing that reminder – holiday season or not. Think about your personal vision for 2020. Do you see more good, less effort or more of the same? The good news is you can help yourself – and all of us – have a better outlook. As we look to 2020, my hope is that you look inward to extend outward to your neighbors, colleagues, family, sphere of influence, leaders, the people who have different opinions, the less privileged, the strangers and those who look different than you. After a recent racial equity training with the Racial Equity Institute from Greensboro, North Carolina, thanks to a grant from the Knight Foundation, my eyes are opened, my mind expanded and my soul stirred: Racial inequity is systemic in our country. After two days with a focused group of Maconites who met at Mill Hill Community Arts Center in east Macon, I maintain hope that many of us want to have a shared lens for how to approach, discuss, live with, work against and heal from racial inequities. There are plans for more training sessions, and, as always, it takes a village. Get in touch with me if you want to get in on this important conversation. With that in mind, what can we do to encourage better living and even living well in Macon? The shift will happen through intentional decisions in this new year: • Your choice for Macon mayoral candidate. • How you choose to give back to the needs of our relationships, family and community. • The ways you take care of your own wellbeing. Take another deep, full breath. Pause. Onward. With hope, Susannah C. Maddux susannah@maconmagazine.com Breathe in 2020; look out with hope. PICTURED ABOVE: Here I am among the trees at the "Festival of Trees" at the Museum of Arts and Sciences. Go enjoy this special exhibit of trees from organizations all around our community, through Jan. 20. In the "The Good Life," the Macon Magazine tree, you'll see one of every issue since that inaugural issue in the winter of 1986. PICTURED BELOW: I am thankful for another year with this bright team at Macon Magazine. 8 MACONMAGAZINE.COM | D E C E M B E R / J A N U A R Y 2 0 2 0 m EDITOR'S LETTER T ake a moment to take a deep, full breath. Pause. I doubt I am alone in needing that reminder – holiday season or not. Think about your personal vision for 2020. Do you see more good, less effort or more of the same? The good news is you can help yourself – and all of us – have a better outlook. As we look to 2020, my hope is that you look inward to extend outward to your neighbors, colleagues, family, sphere of influence, leaders, the people who have different opinions, the less privileged, the strangers and those who look different than you. After a recent racial equity training with the Racial Equity Institute from Greensboro, North Carolina, thanks to a grant from the Knight Foundation, my eyes are opened, my mind expanded and my soul stirred: Racial inequity is systemic in our country. After two days with a focused group of Maconites who met at Mill Hill Community Arts Center in east Macon, I maintain hope that many of us want to have a shared lens for how to approach, discuss, live with, work against and heal from racial inequities. There are plans for more training sessions, and, as always, it takes a village. Get in touch with me if you want to get in on this important conversation. With that in mind, what can we do to encourage better living and even living well in Macon? The shift will happen through intentional decisions in this new year: • Your choice for Macon mayoral candidate. • How you choose to give back to the needs of our relationships, family and community. • The ways you take care of your own wellbeing. Take another deep, full breath. Pause. Onward. With hope, Susannah C. Maddux susannah@maconmagazine.com Breathe in 2020; look out with hope. PICTURED ABOVE: Here I am among the trees at the "Festival of Trees" at the Museum of Arts and Sciences. Go enjoy this special exhibit of trees from organizations all around our community, through Jan. 20. In the "The Good Life," the Macon Magazine tree, you'll see one of every issue since that inaugural issue in the winter of 1986. PICTURED BELOW: I am thankful for another year with this bright team at Macon Magazine.