Rachel Salzberg
"Follow the Sun. Tomorrow Is a New Day for Everyone”. Xavier Rudd
My morning run always gives me an opportunity to start the day, feeling reborn and renewed. I was listening to this song “Follow the Sun” by Xavier Rudd the other morning and it felt especially pertinent to what we are all going through; uncertainty and anxiety, AND also the wonderful new ways of being we are developing through connection, creativity, slowing down, and giving back. Myself, and many people I have talked to recently, are settling into this new reality of being at home with a positive, and hopeful outlook. In nature, we can separate from our day to day demands, slow down, stop, look at the expansion, and shared level of life with no conflict, no need to defend, and see nature as an metaphor to celebrate the differences in all the beauty that each flower, tree flower, etc represents. We can take this metaphor forward in our lives, everyday, as this reminder.
Here is what I know:
- • The sunshine, flowers, and all that spring represents, is an opportunity to reset, renew, and know that the flowers will always bloom, the sun will always shine.
- • Change is the only constant and being in nature provides us the reminder of hope, beauty, rebirth and expansion.
- • This is the mindset we can continue to take forward as we grow and learn, change our behaviors to release the past, and old identities that do not serve anymore.
- • We can consciously create what we want out of our lives, and that anyone can be positively transformed through challenge.
Xavier Rudd Lyrics
Follow, follow the sun
And which way the wind blows
When this day is done
Breathe, breathe in the air
Set your intentions
Dream with care
Tomorrow’s a new day for everyone
A brand new moon and brand new sun
So follow, follow the sun
The direction of the birds
The direction of love
Breathe, breathe in the air
Cherish this moment
Cherish this breath
Tomorrow’s a new day for everyone
A brand new moon, brand new sun
When you feel life coming down on you like a heavy weight
When you feel this crazy society adding to the strain
Take a stroll to the nearest water’s edge, remember your place
Many moons have risen and fallen long, long before you came
So which way is the wind blowing
What does your heart say
So follow, follow the sun
And which way the wind blows
When this day is done
