"It's..." I began, then could only manage, "We all have troubles."
Adonie spoke gently, rather slowly.
"It may seem a pathetic stereotype, but the analogy holds, that sharing
can help. It isn't like sharing a load. It is sharing a load. And the help
consists of the lighter load and of the reasons which underlie why
another will take on part of a burden. Because that person understands.
Because that person cares. About you. Specifically, about you.
And there is the possibility that the load may lighten until its nature
changes. It won't be forgotten, but it will no longer rule your course. At
some point you may be able to do with it what you will; take it along,
drop it, transform it into any number of tools and adornments. There are
many possibilities."