“Please don’t ever get tired of being a good person with a good heart. I know, it sucks being taken advantage of and feeling like it's better to be cold hearted, but people like you matter and are so important for this world.” Being a student in leadership, as well as a well rounded person, I tend to get used, taken advantage of, and end up putting too much effort into people, receiving nothing in return. With so much energy taken out of me by being a good person, with a good heart, I question myself if it is worth it. After being the one that is always left hurt, I ask myself, is it easier to just be the person to hurt someone else? To be a cold hearted person. What this quote made me realize though, is that people like me, those who care, the ones with the good heart, are always there for the people that need it the most. Making a change by putting a smile on someone's face, or being that one phone call away before a life changing decision, those are the people that are important to this world. Those are the people that save lives. In the grand scheme of things, what is more important, hurting someone else to make you feel better, or being that person that can go to bed each night, knowing that you may have saved that person's life that night?