Freedom to grow and become because of the support of the other. After Jesus asks people to follow him, he asks them to take upon themselves his burden, his yoke. This has always seemed to me a most paradoxical statement. While Jesus' burdens may be light and his yoke easy, still, a burden is a burden, and a yoke is still a yoke. I don't think so.
Some burdens constrict, others release.
Jesus often used the language of paradox in his ministry. Those to whom Jesus was speaking were burdened down with the rules and regulations of Judaiac law. Just the sheer numbers of laws prevented most people from even attempting to follow them. Unfortunately, this meant that many also gave up on having a relationship with God. It was just too difficult to remain clean and pure enough for that to be a possibility.