Roger Schank and Robert Abelson’s groundbreaking work in 1977 expanded schema theory by introducing the powerful ideas of scripts, plans, and goals, offering a deeper understanding of how people organise and use knowledge in everyday life. While earlier schema theory focused on how the mind stores general frameworks for interpreting information, Schank and Abelson showed that much of human understanding is story-based. We rely on scripts to predict and navigate routine events (like dining at a restaurant) and plans to pursue our intentions in a dynamic world. This insight revealed that cognition is not a passive recording of facts, but an active, meaning-making process grounded in experience and purpose. Their theory not only transformed cognitive science and artificial intelligence but also illuminated paths for personal and societal growth: by recognising the mental “scripts” that guide our behaviours and expectations, we can rewrite unhelpful ones, fostering empathy, adaptability, and emotional wellbeing. On a broader level, their work encourages societies to reimagine collective narratives, creating new scripts for cooperation, understanding, and resilience in an ever-changing world. Who can resist a story? Stories have a way of impacting us deeply. Jesus used stories to share His message, and we stll have those stories today. What stories could you tell that would open the hearts and minds of others in helpful ways?