Ship of Fools

Are we are a ship of fools? We carry on with our merry little lives. We laugh, play, sing, and drink as we gently float down the river of our lives. However, we are so distracted by the business of maintaining our livelihoods on this boat that we fail to question our eventual destination. We are so busy occupying ourselves with the trivialities of our lives that we forget to answer the most important questions. Not to say maintaining status and comfort during our journey is not of utmost importance, however, what would be the point of such things, if the boat were to eventually plummet down a waterfall? The point I'm trying to make is that some times we get distracted by social pressures to "succeed" that we fail to see the bigger picture. There are three questions which I propose to the fellow members of this cruise. They are: Where did this ship set sail from? Where is this ship going? And can we change the itinerary?