It is not easy to be a nun. It is a life of sacrifice and self-abnegation. It is a life against nature. Poverty, chastity and obedience are extremely difficult. But there are always the graces if you will pray for them.
Source: The Nun's Story, 1956.
-- Kathryn Hulme, (Jan 6 1900-1981), US writer; She is best known for writing the best-selling biography The Nun's Story, 1957.