Most people use difficulty as evidence they've made the wrong choice. If it's hard, it must be wrong. If it's painful, they must be off track. This is one of the most damaging misunderstandings about how a soul path actually works — because the path that is truly yours will often be the hardest one you could have chosen, and the resistance is frequently the confirmation, not the contradiction.
You don't know you're on your path because it's easy. You know because you cannot imagine being anywhere else.