Memory Lane

Driving down the memory lane, 
Every moment seems happy
as if I was never in pain.

But living those moments back then,
I was mostly unhappy and looked at myself with disdain.

Now, is no different to me,
It is the same feeling,
as if my whole world is going in to the drain.

How am I not able to teach this
simple thing to my brain?

To never think that my existence in this
very situation is not a bane.

To see the beauty in the present,
extract the essence how much 
ever I can, again and again.

Life is never simple and plain.
It is from these experiences 
of ups and downs one truly gain.