in a true friendship you learn to carry another person's weight. you learn how to help them and be there for them and in turn, they learn those things about you. true friends share their weight. when one person is going through a hard time or tough situation, the other person steps back and forgets about their own needs, as well as compensating for what their friend cannot do and carrying the extra weight for that person, all without expecting anything back.
true friends share emotions- joy in one another's joy, pain in one another's pain.
sometimes this feels natural. other times it is much easier said than done.