Tod, it's not a hard life. It's the easiest life you could imagine. Jesus said, "...my yoke is easy and my burden is light." (Matthew 11:30) I know it seems as though it should be the opposite, but it's not.
It a rare person who try to walk in those footsteps - so rare we remark on it.
"Sell your possessions and give to charity; make yourselves purses which do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near, nor moth destroys." Luke 12:33
That wasn't a command to sell all that you have and give to the poor. The simple message was that to sacrifice for the benefit of others, to any degree, is a worthy endeavor, and has eternal rewards attached. To do so to the max could, in a certain context, be even more worthy, but is far from a requirement.
