I would have been too shy, or buttoned down, to take that young girl's hand, and I would have been too absorbed with trivia to appreciate the things that made me so happy a few weeks ago.
The stress I was under made me forget about what made me happy.
mnli hypothesis: The stress I was under made me forget about what made me happy. premise: I would have been too shy, or buttoned down, to take that young girl's hand, and I would have been too absorbed with trivia to appreciate the things that made me so happy a few weeks ago.