Jane Surges

The She Stories: an Innerouter Travelogue During Fifteen Days in Paris Jane Surges

The "she" stories begin while traveling alone in Paris. They are a journey of one woman, and the many she. She of the stories resists a name. She doesn't 'really' know why but she honors her knowing anyway. She simply invites each she to emerge as they bubble up inside of her as she travels along and alone on this fifteen day trip. As she travels, she recognizes common themes, patterns, her thinking. She also learns to trust a feeling energy versus a thinking energy to lead her forward and help her in her choices. This feeling energy helps her make connections to the humanity all around her. Beyond the barriers of language is a silent language: the language of the smile, of softness, of warmth and the language to bridge to one other. Her selves emerge and as she observes them and their thought-filled ways, they fall away quietly, unleashing something unexpected at the end of her trip. There is a silent agreement that we all have to release this. The She Stories are for those who wonder about their own workings, wherever they are in their life. All of us have many selves that live inside of us and to root them out, we must be very intentional as we move in relationship within the world. It seems we must do this alone, yet know that we are never alone. Where does one begin their quest? ....to better know one's own process? ...better find one's own way? ....become aware of what one is drawn to? It seems through a non-linear inner listening process--a continual exploration and reflection of the self in everyday living as well as in new places and with new people. Importantly, to become aware of our own process through the stories we tell ourselves.