An Appeal

I am well aware.
And I'm confident that you are aware, we are all aware.
Awareness is not our problem.
Awareness is not the issue.
It is action that we need.
Awareness without action, after all, is no better than apathy (appalling!).
Apathy, the absence of concern, our ages arch-enemy,
But, lacking action, awareness may as well be apathy.
We don't need people to be aware, we need people to care.
We need people to act
All of us.
(And if your action does no more than add to awareness, I suggest you re-assess your attempt at aiding the earth)

Mismatched

I always end up with one shoe off and one shoe on. I don't know how this happens, but consistently, whenever I'm at my desk, one foot holds on to its shoe and the other foot abandons it, choosing the chillier but freer route. It is then up to my brain to put on a new shoe when the time comes. This doesn't always go smoothly. Due to my feet's habit of removing shoes, about half of my shoe collection is underneath my desk. Form the many available options, my absentminded brain does not always choose the correct, matching shoe to clad my bare food. And because my mind is frequently absent during these changes, I am never aware of the fact that I'm mismatched until I start walking and something is just not quite right. It often takes me until the end of the hallway before I realize what that something is.