How to eat an elephant

It’s an old joke for a new year, but with a lot of wisdom. The answer is, of course, one bite at a time. I thought about it while we were in Uganda, perhaps because of the many we saw in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
However, the specific trigger for my thoughts was the sight of two men demolishing a large two-storey building, equipped with nothing more than a large hammer each. It looked like such a huge enterprise, but it was being tackled with just the patience and perseverance required.