At least in parts of the US, when I was a child you could hear this on the playground.
“I’m rubber, you’re glue. Anything you say bounces off me and STICKS to you.”
I was on a call with a client who was
relating painful words given to her by her mom. Out of my mouth comes, “I’m rubber, you’re glue. Whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you!”
I burst into laughter. First, hadn’t said that in…okay…let’s leave it at a LONG TIME.
And suddenly I could see it was spiritually
PROFOUND.
When someone is sending nastiness your way, they are trying to push the pain inside of THEM, OUTSIDE of themselves by dumping it on you.
But, by law, you GET what you GIVE. You receive what you
sent. It’s like making a hole in water!
What they send indeed sticks to them like glue.