Mike Batie - A New Year - 2013

Mike Batie here again. I'm not going to lie. The year 2012 was the year I hit rock bottom, and when I finally landed at the bottom and lay there on my back, I looked up and saw how far I had to ascend to get to where I both wanted and needed to be. I am amazed at how quickly that ascent has been! Letting go and giving up on things and certain people, and focusing on areas of my metaphorical "garden" that needed tending, and letting the weeds die off on their own while I focused and turned my attention to better things.

I have taken great comfort, solace and motivation in a quote by J.K. Rowling: "Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life." What a positive statement. I can see myself no longer standing on a rickety and unstable foundation I'd built (or rather thrown together) over my life and used coping mechanisms to do a balancing act on that unstable pile. Well now that that has been torn down, I can rebuild on a really solid foundation. I like who I am now, who I am becoming, and where I am going in life. New Year's is about new beginnings, and this year is certainly one I am grateful in which to have to begin anew.