I'm glad you got such a positive message out of that saying, then, and I hope other people did too. Perhaps the saying just needs to be updated a little, to ad

I'm glad you got such a positive message out of that saying, then, and I hope other people did too. Perhaps the saying just needs to be updated a little, to add some clarity. Here is an attempt: "Sticks and stones may break my bones, and words may try to hurt me, but I'm the bigger person"