We're focusing on two verses here: 2 and 5. In one, it tells us to bear one another's burdens, while the other says we should bear our own burdens. Contradiction? Let's look at the original language (Greek) and find out.
In Verse 2, the Greek word, "baros," (noun) is used. It's translated as "weight" (figurative in the New Testament), a load, abundance, authority: burden (-some), weight.
In Verse 5, the Greek word, "phortion," is used. It refers to an invoice (as part of freight), i.e. (fig.) a task or service: burden.
On a ship, they have a list of every item going onboard because it can carry only so much weight. Verse 5 - you've been built to carry a certain amount of weight. Carry it or you'll get soft.
There are different types of weights. Some are day-to-day challenges that we are able to handle on our own, while others are so heavy that we must get help. When we move, there's a need for assistance. Big pieces of furniture and heavy boxes require more than one person to transport from the house to the moving van.
So what we are to help with is the heavy burden not the day-to-day or normal stuff of life.
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