After all of these Swiss and German sessions I received the accolade of knuckles rapping wood, their form of applause. Intervention has two primary meanings, positive and negative. The favorable one suggests mediation or intercession between two opposing points of view. When that fails, intervention becomes interference and intrusion, resented by all parties. A successful intervention requires acknowledgement of the strengths of respective positions, a cautious disclosure of some weaknesses, and a possible solution born of synthesis.
Intervention is diplomacy married to direction.
My calling in this publication is intervention. The path is not smooth. I often stumble, but I hope to intervene and suggest alternatives not previously considered. Avoiding pitfalls isn't easy. I occasionally must plead guilty to sentimentality, a product of advancing age.