Elder Bednar teaches that we each carry individual loads in life composed of demands, opportunities, obligations, and afflictions. We should periodically assess if our loads are producing spiritual traction to help us progress on the path back to God. While loads are personalized, covenants can ease them, and it is through the Atonement that we can bear them. We learn that just as diamonds are strengthened through pressure, we are strengthened through our loads. We also have heavenly help through ministering angels and mortal friends who act as agents to help ease our burdens.