Drifting

Sometimes I feel like I am drifting.....an odd feeling because it is very passive and that is not me.  I think of the leaf on the river that dances its way down the stream with forces from the water and the rocks shifting it this way and that way.  It's always moving forward but not on its own accord.  Is drifting bad?  Should the leaf take control and paddle around that shit?  Or, on occasion, is it ok to be the leaf?  Is there something in the leaf's existence, inanimate but so animated on its journey that makes the trip worth while?