When Jesus talks about relieving us of heavy burdens, the greatest burden of all is self-justification, the need to make ourselves feel like we are fundamentally okay.
When Jesus talks about relieving us of heavy burdens, the greatest burden of all is self-justification, the need to make ourselves feel like we are fundamentally okay. We are precious just because we exist, and we do not need to justify ourselves to God or anyone else. That means we can abandon the onerous burden of constantly comparing ourselves to others.