People can be cynical about temporary ordination saying "they're just playing". What I've found is you can be a monk or a nun for your whole life and be pretending. Just using it as a way to run away from life and not observing the discipline of not causing harm. It's easy to be a monk or a nun and not acknowledge your habits directly. Refraining and not causing harm is a powerful way to live. Even for one day, living this way wholeheartedly is more than some do their whole life. You can spend these days and learn something of value for the rest of your life.

This is about becoming a truly loving person.

Pema Chödrön, Yarne Ordination Ceremony,
January 2001