{"id":54237198,"date":"2022-05-10T13:00:49","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=54237198"},"modified":"2022-05-10T13:00:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T13:00:49","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-lessons-from-the-dandelions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=54237198","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Lessons from the Dandelions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A poem about dandelions and their advice.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ca1630a4-a309-4b00-b2e7-0e59ba4cbaa4_2000x2552.jpg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A close-up of the center of some dandelion seeds with a light blue background.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@hasanalmasi?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Hasan Almasi<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/dandelion-flower?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><p>This poem was inspired by a recent oracle reading, as well as recent events in the US.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lessons from the Dandelions<\/h3><p>In a field of dandelions<\/p><p>cushioned by moss and leaves<\/p><p>relaxed and at ease<\/p><p>Cradled by the Earth<\/p><p>Mind adrift<\/p><p>yet receptive to insight<\/p><p>Hours pass by<\/p><p>Dawn, Noon, Dusk<\/p><p>Each hour a lesson<\/p><p>Sun turns to Moon<\/p><p>Moon turns to Stars<\/p><p>Stars turn to Infinity<\/p><p>Each of these flowers<\/p><p>ask me, intrigued<\/p><p>What does freedom mean?<\/p><p>My response,<\/p><p>short and simple<\/p><p>yet as deep as the Earth<\/p><p>The freedom to simply be<\/p><p>to learn and to choose<\/p><p>to love and to live<\/p><p>Simple things, also<\/p><p>the richest of all,<\/p><p>treasures deemed worthy to steal.<\/p><p>As I watch<\/p><p>some of the stars depart,<\/p><p>they convey another lesson.<\/p><p>Be stubborn<\/p><p>difficult to destroy<\/p><p>ever prevalent<\/p><p>Adaptable and wild,<\/p><p>these are the truths<\/p><p>we extend to you.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poem about dandelions and their advice.<\/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-54237198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54237198","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=54237198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54237198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54237198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54237198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54237198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}