This is why it's important to power up !

When you power up you will get a lot of amazing things in return :

You will have more steem power and that means that your upvote will be worth much more.
You will have more value in steemit and people will respect you.
You could reward your followers, so in fact you will give them money.
You can create contests and giveaways and distribute upvotes to winners.
You can just delegate your voting power to a project in steemit.
You can use your steem power properly in the biggest group on facebook about steemit.
You will be just happy powering up. ☺