Is it too much to ask to keep it beautiful?

You shouldn't try to control your life too much
It's really not possible anyway
Just buckle yourself in and be authentic to your feelings
Gently guide yourself along, nudging one way or the other
To avoid obstacles, restrain damaging words,
Or seize golden opportunities
But the vast massive weight of living
Cannot be substantially altered; It's written
In your brain and inside your genes before you are born
It's written in the stars or on the subway walls
Or in ancient books or inside the leaves of plants
No use trying to swim upstream
Just enjoy the life you do have and don't
Ache for someone else's.