the pain of others and of self

As i talk with my friends and notice that there lives have pain that i want to help with but i cant i hate the feeling of helplessness it makes me feel useless but its also a motivator to be  a person that my friends can always count on to be the rock that no matter how much you lean on it it shall never crumble i will be that rock for all my friends and anyone that needs someone to listen to them i wont turn my eye from someones pain for usually just talking about what causes you pain willl rip the ties that bind you to that pain for when you share the burden of the pains of life teh weight gets lighter and as long as you have a good friend beside you that weight will never overwhelm you.