I don't see much joy in their lives now nor in the past. They seem either terribly burdened or were corrupted by the world.
What you have said is true, as well as scriptural, but sometimes I think the western church went overboard with unrealistic models of sanctity, the people bought into it, and here we are.
I don't have all the answers, but every time they propose another founder of some religous order for sainthood, I get angry.
I don't like to put the holiness of the religious life over the holiness of married couples. Sometimes I think married couples are holier because they have to earn their living and are more grounded in reality and achieve sanctity anyway in spite of the hardships. There are, no doubt, millions of them in heaven. We just don't know their names
This is a wicked thought, I'll admit, but promoting sanctity of the religious life over sanctity of marriage is a way of strengthening their grip over the people and keeping them in their place.