Amen to that, brother.

Then again, if it were easy, would it be worth doing?

Nothing in life worth doing is

Counterexample: playing with your kids.

I think hard and worth doing are pretty loosely coupled. There are certainly lots of things that are hard and yet not really worth doing. And there are a good number that are worth doing and yet easy.

Playing with kids is _hard_, but necessary.

Certainly it is not necessary for kids that adults play with them. Nor teach them to walk nor correct them when learning to speak.