I believe that we have all had experiences where our reflection and interpretations of our own actions have benefited us, which shows that we must always reflect and think a lot about what we are going to do, before acting on impulse and in a totally inconsequential way.
In my case, my reflections on my actions prevented me from changing college courses, when I thought the course I was taking was not cool and I thought that there were more important courses for society. I wanted to exchange the course in Agricultural Management, for Chemistry. However, after thinking about it I realized that I did well in the course I was taking and that I didn't have an affinity with chemistry. In addition, I realized that my course was very important for society and that I should do my best in it. This was very beneficial for my life, for my future and for my academic growth, so that until today I do not regret not having changed.
It was the idea of "Manifest Destiny" that was the belief that it was God’s plan for the United States to own most or all of North America, since people thought the US was "destined" to occupy all the territory from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
