How Do You Eat a Buffalo?

We had a new guy at our men’s group this week, and he is a hunter from South Africa.  He was talking about how his life has been a journey from a point of wanting to commit suicide to being in a healthy relationship with God.  It has been fraught with struggles and trials, as well as joy and happiness.  But the hardest step was the first one.

We have a saying in the United States, “How do you eat an elephant?  One bite at a time.”  It means that if you look at the goal in its entirety, then you will be discouraged and give up before you even begin.  But if you just take it one step (or one bite) at a time, then slowly but surely, you’ll eventually overcome it.  Apparently, they have a similar saying in South Africa, but it involves a buffalo instead of an elephant, and apparently the bite size is a lot more exact.

So, how do you eat a buffalo?  Four hundred grams at a time.