The Hashbrown Casserole Lesson: What Ego Gets Wrong

 

There’s a story my husband will probably never live down.

One Christmas, I told him I had committed to bringing hashbrown casserole for breakfast.

Without hesitation, he looked at me and said, “That sounds disgusting.”

Naturally, I laughed it off and brought it anyway.

Fast-forward to breakfast.

We were sitting together eating when he turned to me and said, “Hun, whoever made this… it’s delicious.”

I looked him straight in the face and replied, “That’s the disgusting hashbrown casserole I brought.”

The look on his face was priceless.

But honestly? That moment taught a surprisingly powerful spiritual lesson.

We do this all the time in life.

We judge things before we experience them.

We dismiss ideas because they sound strange. We reject opportunities because they feel unfamiliar. We shut down intuitive nudges because they don’t make logical sense yet.

And spirituality? People do this constantly.

Meditation sounds weird. Energy work sounds fake. Intuition feels unrealistic. Signs from the Universe seem impossible.

Until suddenly… something happens that shifts our perspective.

That’s the thing about Ego.

Ego likes certainty. It likes predictability. It wants to categorize things quickly so it can determine whether something feels safe or unsafe, good or bad, acceptable or unacceptable.

But intuition doesn’t always work that way.

Sometimes intuition asks us to stay open long enough to experience something before deciding what it means.

One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned throughout my spiritual journey is that discernment and judgment are not the same thing.

Judgment closes the door before experience. Discernment allows experience first… and then decides.

That’s why I always encourage people to take what resonates and leave what doesn’t.

Not every tool, practice, or belief will align with every person. That’s normal. But some of the things we resist most strongly are often the exact things challenging our old conditioning.

Sometimes the Universe teaches us through profound spiritual moments.

And sometimes… it teaches us through hashbrown casserole.

Final Thoughts

The next time you catch yourself instantly rejecting something unfamiliar, pause for a moment.

Ask yourself:

Am I responding from true discernment?

Or am I simply reacting from conditioning, fear, or Ego?

Because sometimes the things we think we’ll dislike end up nourishing us the most.

If you’re learning to trust your intuition, recognize signs, and deepen your connection with the Universe, my book Talking With The Universe was written to help guide you along the journey.

Explore the book and companion resources here:Talking With The Universe