How is encouragement important to you? A writer named Cora Coralina said "I know that nothing that we have lived make sense, if we don't touch the heart's person!" I was 21 years old (today I am 36) and in my first year at the university. I didn't know many people and I had just some friends. I was studying Financial math and this subject is not easy.. not at all, by the way. At this time, my financial life was not good and my family and I didn't have money to buy a financial calculator HP and I studied using a scientific calculator. The teacher said "who don't have the HP will not get pass in the exam". This teacher was not friendly. Actually he was sometimes rude and people didn't like him. I honestly stayed afraid, because I didn't have the HP calculator, the subject was more complicated day by day and I wasn't going well. I decided give up. I decided to go out from this subject. I talked to a friend and he didn't agree with my decision. I was afraid, I was not confident and I was sure that I would not pass in the exam. This friend called Vivian was essencial in my life and in this moment, because her friendship and her encouragement helped me to gain power to going through this situation. It was not easy, I need to confess. Many times, I got up at 5, arrived in my job almost 6:30, studied until 7:40 and started working at 8. In my first exam I got the maximun grade, in the second exam I got the lower grade (when the calculations got more difficult and complex) but in the last exam I got the maximum grade and I got it! My friend's encouragement was essential and I am grateful for her until today! Being friend when everything is ok is very easy, but true friends really exist when they touch our hearts forever.