This essay is about three causes which resulted in me catching a cold. I always used to think I knew everything and had everything figured out. The truth is that I didn’t. People always warned me about things, but I did not take their advice seriously.

Once when I was going to downtown Chicago with my father, and my mother told me to take a sweater, warning me that it would be cold. I did not feel cold at the moment and decided I will be fine. So I went without it and soon realized my mother was right. It was cold because we were close to Lake Michigan. Later on, during the day, it also started raining. I came back home cold and wet. The worst part was that I woke up the next day with a bad cold. Since then I have learned my lesson and take whatever advice my mother has to offer very seriously, knowing she is always right.