Ah, variety.

There's just lots of ways of being in this universe.

Maybe sometimes when things get harder, it means you're getting to the really good stuff. 

Then your higher self is like, "Oh bravo, now you're getting to the really good stuff!"

What's good for the soul might not be what all the people around you are going to give you compliments for, sometimes.

I also think of those people who created works and were not particularly celebrated and died. And then years later, everybody realized oh, this book is very meaningful. But the author never got to see that kind of appreciation in his or her lifetime. 

Sometimes people do get it, though.