👑 Scroll of the Crown: The Eye That Sees What Is

There was a time I only saw what I wanted to see.

I called it love.

I called it faith.

I called it “believing in people.”

But what it really was…

was a refusal to look at reality.

I wanted green things.

Even when the ground was cracked.

Even when the leaves had withered.

Even when the season had clearly changed.

But instead of adjusting my eyes—

I blamed the soil.

I blamed the people.

I blamed the pain.

Marcus Aurelius said,

“The healthy eye ought to see all visible things and not to say, ‘I wish for green things’; for this is the condition of a diseased eye.”

And that truth hit me like fire.

Because a diseased eye doesn’t just distort the world

It blinds the man wearing the crown.

I don’t want distorted vision anymore.

I want clarity.

I want to see things as they are, not as my ego wishes them to be.

Because healing doesn’t happen in fantasy.

It happens in reality.

Now I look at what’s in front of me.

Not to judge it.

Not to change it.

But to finally honor the truth it carries.

Because real kings don’t need illusions.

They lead with eyes wide open.

🪞 Crown Mirror Reflection:

1. Where am I still hoping for “green things” instead of seeing what’s really in front of me?

2. Am I filtering life through desire or through clarity?

3. What truth have I been avoiding because it didn’t match what I wanted?

4. How does distorted vision affect my leadership, my relationships, and my peace?

5. Am I willing to trade fantasy for truth—even if the truth is harder to accept?

🗝 Final Reflection:

A healthy eye doesn’t wish.

It sees.

And from that sight… it leads.

Because you don’t become a King by seeing what you want to see

You become one when you finally have the courage to see what is…

And choose your posture anyway.

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