using up your buffalo

i had the privilege of attending an art, music, justice conference at the falls church last spring...i was so particularly impacted by charlie peacock and sara groves, their talent and wisdom...

sara groves really challenged me with her telling of a trip to africa that changed her perspective and the way she lived her life...(partially explained in the video above)...she also talked of watching "dances with wolves" and a scene where the Sioux come up on a herd of hundreds of buffalo, all slaughtered...and how that was irredeemable, because when they killed buffalo, they used every part of it, so as to waste nothing...

she talked of how she wondered, in her own life, if she really was making the best use of her resources, her time, her talent...her buffalo, so to speak...was she using it all up to have the most impact on the world around her...

her honesty really spoke to me and planted the question deep in my heart...am i using up my buffalo? i sure hope so...i know i am trying...thank you, sara groves for allowing yourself to ponder those harder questions and for being transaparent enough to share them with me!