Pass around a bowl of oranges. ask everyone to take one and “get to know their orange.” Then invite each person to tell a story about their orange based on a feature they noticed. The stories can be as silly or as serious as you like. after the stories, mix up the oranges in the bowl. Have everyone find their orange again, as fast as possible. ask: are you sure it’s your original orange? Most will know they have found it.

Now, have everyone peel their orange and return it to the bowl. mix the oranges, and again, ask everyone to find theirs as fast as possible. This will be harder.

Eat your oranges, and discuss: 

• How did you feel coming up with your orange story? Did it make you like your orange?
• Why was it hard to find your orange the second time?
• How is this analogous to differences and similarities between people?
• If we think only about ways we are the same, what could we lose in human relationships? How do our “peels”—our unique qualities and stories—matter?