And they were all on board, suddenly, with all of the topics.... and I was wondering for a minute what planet I was on. ....

I laughed aloud. That is so. damn. great.

how I’ve been trying to tell them this for years,

if this helps the process, then I can understand that. However, I would also recommend or suggest some caution or ..... humility ... here.

<start unsolicited advice>

What do I mean?

One of the most painful things to experience can be knowing something, knowing some truth or information that you know another needs in order to: wake up; be free: be liberated from difficulty: liberated from pain: rise to their potential; and NOT being able to tell them or have them receive that truth or information.

It hurts, It's painful and isn't easily healed (at least in my experience). But in the moments when the tide turns and the person is starting to open up to what you have been trying or wanting to tell them for ages, that's a time when they are very vulnerable, very young, very impressive, etc, at least, mentally and emotionally as far as these matters are concerned.

At that time, this is the BEST opportunity to model to them how what's really important here is THEM, and their process of waking up, not ME or the difficulties I experienced because they didn't listen or that I've been trying to tell them for ages!

It's hard, but its the moment we are called to rise above ourselves and model patience, allowing THEM to be the real focus here.

Allegorically, this is like parenting. Can you imagine a parent who tells their young kids how hard things are for them, and how the kids don't understand them, and how being a parent is painful or difficult? This sort of parenting hurts the children immeasurably, because it can ONLY be interpreted as the parents suffering because me, the child, is wrong/bad/limited/young etc.

If the parent truly loves and lives for the sake of their children, then when the children grow to understanding, as adults, they begin to realize what it must have been like for their parents, and they naturally come to both appreciate them, and feel a sense of wanting to make it up to them.

If the kids are fully welcoming of the idea that you've been trying to tell them, then OK, but as you say, they are waking up, and that's what's MOST important now. As time goes on, they will naturally come to recognize and realize that yes, you were trying to tell them and share this info all along. If they come to that realization themselves, they will learn a much more profound appreciation of, and respect for, you than if you tell them this or emphasize this yourself.

Being able to step back at this time and let them rise through the awakening, still supporting them as ever and now sharing information that they once could not digest, that's the real opportunity here, and it means sacrificing yourself again for a bit longer, in patience.

Obviously, I don't know your situation or the dynamic with your kids, so I am offering this as a general comment/advice, for possibly all of us who hopefully will encounter this sort of situation more and more.

One day, they'll all be able to sit back and they'll go, "gee, wow, mum (dad? assuming here) knew all that. Wow. I had no idea."

But now that they are waking up, the process is not over. It's JUST begun! Enjoy as this unfolds, and show them what humility truly is. Humility is not simply refraining from saying I told you so. It's a capacity to put the needs and situation of the other before my own, and to prioritize them over my own desires to be understood and heard.

Just saying.

Meanwhile, a big congrats!!!!

And they were all on board, suddenly, with all of the topics.... and I was wondering for a minute what planet I was on. ....

I laughed aloud. That is so. damn. great.

how I’ve been trying to tell them this for years,

if this helps the process, then I can understand that. However, I would also recommend or suggest some caution or ..... humility ... here.

<start unsolicited advice>

What do I mean?

One of the most painful things to experience can be knowing something, knowing some truth or information that you know another needs in order to: wake up; be free: be liberated from difficulty: liberated from pain: rise to their potential; and NOT being able to tell them or have them receive that truth or information.

It hurts, It's painful and isn't easily healed. But in the moments when the tide turns and the person is starting to open up to what you have been trying or wanting to tell them for ages, that's a time when they are very vulnerable, very young, very impressive, etc, at least, mentally and emotionally as far as these matters are concerned.

At that time, this is the BEST opportunity to model to them how what's really important here is THEM, and their process of waking up, not ME or the difficulties I experienced because they didn't listen or that I've been trying to tell them for ages!

It's hard, but its the moment we are called to rise above ourselves and model patience, allowing THEM to be the real focus here.

Allegorically, this is like parenting. Can you imagine a parent who tells their young kids how hard things are for them, and how the kids don't understand them, and how being a parent is painful or difficult? This sort of parenting hurts the children immeasurably, because it can ONLY be interpreted as the parents suffering because me, the child, is wrong/bad/limited/young etc.

If the parent truly loves and lives for the sake of their children, then when the children grow to understanding, as adults, they begin to realize what it must have been like for their parents, and they naturally come to both appreciate them, and feel a sense of wanting to make it up to them.

If the kids are fully welcoming of the idea that you've been trying to tell them, then OK, but as you say, they are waking up, and that's what's MOST important now. As time goes on, they will naturally come to recognize and realize that yes, you were trying to tell them and share this info all along. If they come to that realization themselves, they will learn a much more profound appreciation of, and respect for, you than if you tell them this or emphasize this yourself.

Being able to step back at this time and let them rise through the awakening, still supporting them as ever and now sharing information that they once could not digest, that's the real opportunity here, and it means sacrificing yourself again for a bit longer, in patience.

Obviously, I don't know your situation or the dynamic with your kids, so I am offering this as a general comment/advice, for possibly all of us who hopefully will encounter this sort of situation more and more.

One day, they'll all be able to sit back and they'll go, "gee, wow, mum (dad? assuming here) knew all that. Wow. I had no idea."

But now that they are waking up, the process is not over. It's JUST begun! Enjoy as this unfolds, and show them what humility truly is. Humility is not simply refraining from saying I told you so. It's a capacity to put the needs and situation of the other before my own, and to prioritize them over my own desires to be understood and heard.

Just saying.

Meanwhile, a big congrats!!!!