Or "Are you always in prayer and nothing else?" Sometimes it sounds both amazing and scary. And I want to tell you what it's really like to be a nun in today's world, with its vanity, joys and... restrictions.

It's not that I'm going to join a monastery or something like that, but I've always been attracted to this image - a woman who has chosen the path of prayer, silence and service to God. It sounds incredibly beautiful and inspiring. It has its own magic, its own special power.

But, of course, this way of life has another side - restrictions. After all, nuns give up many familiar things: personal freedom, entertainment, often even communication with loved ones and worldly affairs. For many of us, it seems almost impossible to live in such conditions, where every day is scheduled and subject to strict rules. It’s not just about giving up some little things, but literally rebuilding your life around faith and service.

And yet, I think that these restrictions are not so much a burden as a means to find yourself. When there is so much noise and bustle around, when it seems that life is constantly rushing forward, and you are just a small point in a huge world, monastic life offers to stop. To stop and hear not external voices, but the internal one, which is rarely heard in everyday life.

You know, in Catholicism great importance has always been attached to silence and prayer as a way to connect with God and with yourself. And, perhaps, this is the main value of monasticism. Not just to limit yourself, but through these restrictions to find true freedom. Freedom from vanity, from superficial desires, from what distracts and confuses.

I think being a nun is like living in another dimension. On the one hand, it is very disciplined, sometimes strict, but on the other hand, it is incredibly deep and peaceful. There is no place for chaos or running away from oneself. There is only silence, prayer and service to others.

It is interesting that in today’s times, when everyone strives for independence and freedom, this path seems wild to some, and the highest ideal to others. But for me, it is, above all, a reminder that limitations are not always bad. Sometimes they help you understand who you really are and what is truly important.

Perhaps each of us has a little nun in our souls who wants silence and order. We are just not always ready for such sacrifices for the sake of inner peace. And nuns, they seem to show us this path, saying: “Look, here is another way to live, where the meaning is not in having everything, but in being truly.”

These are my thoughts. Being a nun is cool, but probably not for everyone. But for those who are ready for this path, it is an opportunity to find an amazing world of silence and faith that helps to live truly.

Would you be able to join a monastery?

Lana Banana