Easier said than done?

OTIS AND THE OLDER STUDENT.

An older student came to Otis and said, “ I have been to see a great number of teachers and I have given up a great number of pleasures. I have fasted, been celibate and stayed awake nights seeking enlightenment. I have given up everything I was asked to give up and I have suffered, but I have not been enlightened. What should I do?”

Otis replied, “Give up suffering.”