When you meet someone for the first time, how do you get to know them? Isn’t it through shared stories, about your lives, about what matters to you, about your experiences and beliefs? Stories connect us deeply and naturally. They are the human patterns that tell us who we are and who we might become. The stories we’re living are key drivers of personality, choice, and expectation. Human communities create collective stories. That’s why Jung’s concept of archetypes is so useful.