The right path to follow is often the hardest.

I've known some people who believe that once a commitment is made to love Jesus, they will live a prosperous and blessed life free of the difficulties that plague others. They forget what Jesus said in Matthew 7: For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. 

Proof of the challenging nature of the sort of life we're called to lead is found in this quote found in St. Francis de Sales' spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life - 

I am of St. Gregory’s opinion that when you are justly accused of some fault you have committed you must genuinely humble yourself and confess that you deserve the charge brought against you. If the accusation is false, excuse yourself and meekly deny your guilt, for you owe respect to the truth and to the edification of your neighbor. If they continue to accuse you after you have made your true and legitimate explanation, don’t be disturbed and don’t try to make them accept your explanation. When you have discharged your duty to the truth, you must also do the same to humility. In this way you offend against neither the care you must have for your own good name nor the concern you must have for peace, meekness of heart and humility.

It is difficult to acknowledge when we have made a mistake. It is far more difficult to allow others to think badly of us when we've been in the right. But if I look at it honestly, the source of all this difficulty is a need to be recognized, respected, and even admired at all costs. In other words, that pervasive and troublesome defect of pride.