As a mediator, it is important for me to have principles. Many of them are common sense and some are Wikipedia guidelines. However, inspired by Gandhi's Experiments with Truth, I set myself a number of of not so obvious principles that challenge me. This essay is about those that I would commend to others.
It is now (2018) over ten years after I started this project, and I can say that it worked out well. I find Wikipedia a useful tool for self-improvement, since hindsight is 20/20: One can go back to any interaction with others and reread it at one's leisure. Often, this opened my eyes for a better way to express my intention. Moreover, revisiting my words raised my awareness that they are lasting, not just ephemeral sounds.