Enlightenment—that magnificent escape from anguish and ignorance—never happens by accident. It results from the brave and sometimes lonely battle of one person against his own weaknesses.
Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano
Exile on Pain Street
Straddling the Hudson River. One foot in NYC, the other in suburban New Jersey.
Exile on Pain Street 
Beautiful, thank you…I battled my weakness for chinese food and pizza and I’ve enlightened by like 20 pounds in the past year.