{"id":133034843,"date":"2023-07-05T13:02:16","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T13:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=133034843"},"modified":"2023-07-05T13:02:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T13:02:16","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-into-the-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=133034843","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Into the Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">St. Brighid\u2019s tamed fox still has more to teach.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/48845666-4953-4450-8d3f-64e41fbb817e_9504x6336.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A photo of a red fox with a white belly sits on a mossy fallen tree in the middle of a forest.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@didiofederico_photographer?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Federico Di Dio photography<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/images\/animals\/fox?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Into the Woods<\/h3><p>Follow the fox, She said<\/p><p>into the wilds, where<\/p><p>trees wind and green abounds.<\/p><p>The fox, once tamed<\/p><p>to do tricks for mercy\u2019s sake<\/p><p>never stopped being who it was.<\/p><p>Kings pass, but nature goes on<\/p><p>so does the fox, leading me<\/p><p>past story-laden stones and moss.<\/p><p>The destination is unknown,<\/p><p>but the fox as navigator<\/p><p>leads true down the changing path.<\/p><p>The shifting hues in its fur<\/p><p>liken to the smith\u2019s flames<\/p><p>ever-roiling and ever-transforming.<\/p><p>I wonder, where is it leading me?<\/p><p>its guidance my only compass<\/p><p>leaving me adrift on an uncertain trail.<\/p><p>The fox strolls onward, knowing<\/p><p>its swaying tail the only gesture<\/p><p>to say, such is trust.<\/p><p>I follow, trustful<\/p><p>of the sacred uncertainty<\/p><p>of what lies beyond.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Brighid\u2019s tamed fox still has more to teach.<\/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-133034843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133034843","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=133034843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133034843\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133034843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133034843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133034843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}