There's a lot of work to be done, and you have to carry/bear your share of the 'load'. [=you have to do your share of the work]
The good news has really 'taken a load off my mind'. [=has allowed me to stop worrying; has made me feel relieved]
I wish there were some way I could help lift this 'load' [='weight, burden'] from his shoulders.
(..) National Geographics... ... Reader's Digest condensed books... ...and Louis L'Amour. Look magazine. Erle Stanley Gardners. Every evening I load up the cart and make my rounds. I enter the names on this clipboard here. Easy, peasy, Japanese-y. -Any questions? (..)1994 The Shawshank Redemption