Any lawsuit could backfire, he would tell the creditors, forcing the debtor to declare bankruptcy. It made sense, he says, to go a step further by learning mediation skills. It's his hope that, in some instances, he can serve as a neutral nudging both sides to craft an agreement for themselves. O'Brien is even more effusive, envisioning a time when future battles of all types will be fought and defused at the mediation table. What we are doing now is not working.
Language can be so powerful.
It can begin to change the we look at our issues.