{"id":115852515,"date":"2023-04-19T14:09:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T14:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=115852515"},"modified":"2023-04-19T14:09:34","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T14:09:34","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-milk-of-abundance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=115852515","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Milk of Abundance"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The third poem for National Poetry Month.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/c2a2af28-9cdc-47f8-9803-83505586545f_3648x5472.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A photo of a light-skinned hand holding a clear glass bottle of milk. The person has long, brown hair and wears a dark brown top, with their fingernails painted with red polish. The bottle has a cow and the word Dairy etched on the side, with a pink straw that the person is drinking from. Greenery can be seen in the background.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@nicolecalmetb?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Nicole Calmet<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/drinking-milk?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><p>The Abundance card from my Brighid oracle deck has been reappearing lately, so I figured Brighid is giving me a nudge to contemplate what I need most in my life and my path, especially with Bealtaine not far off.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Milk of Abundance<\/h3><p>I\u2019d like to taste<\/p><p>the milk of abundance,<\/p><p>that I may feel the sweet richness<\/p><p>of joy in every day and every night.<\/p><p>To be lifted out of sorrow in my own time,<\/p><p>to be reminded of the blessings in each moment.<\/p><p>to be nourished with each drop of Your cow\u2019s<\/p><p>sacred milk, to be invigorated with health.<\/p><p>To feel fulfillment in my endeavors<\/p><p>so that the seeds may flourish<\/p><p>when they\u2019re needed most by myself and others.<\/p><p>May the holy milk quench what I search for,<\/p><p>that I may not wander far from Your hearth<\/p><p>and to know Your presence and aid those in turn.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third poem for National Poetry Month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115852515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115852515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115852515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115852515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115852515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115852515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115852515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}