Each path is only one of a million paths. Therefore, you must always keep in mind that a path is only a path. If you feel that you must now follow it, you need not stay with it under any circumstances.
Any path is only a path.
There is no affront to oneself or others in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you to do. But your decision to keep on the path must be free of fear or ambition. Try it as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself and yourself alone one question. All paths are the same.