Sleep, like just about everything else in life, can be both a good and a bad thing — depending on how much or little engaged in it is.  Like medicine, sleep must be taken in the proper doses.

I remember seeing the title of a book: Don't Sleep Through the Revolution.  I think the author's point was that sleep can be more than a physical phenomena.  We can "sleep" through an event when we desperately need to be awake, such as a fire, or a military attack.

There are some social ills we do not address because we are "asleep" to the damage and distress they cause.  We are mostly aware of these ills, but do nothing about them because we are too comfortable with our own existence.  Like the person who punches the snooze button on his alarm clock to get a few extra minutes sleep, we silence the alarm.  We put off doing something about a social injustice, because we want to enjoy our tranquility a little longer.

Of course, it is unrealistic to involve ourselves in every worthy cause.  Our physical and emotional make-up is just not constituted to deal with dozens of issues at once.  But we can involve ourselves in at least one cause that needs addressing.  We can "awaken" to needs in a specific area.

What are your "sleep" habits, when it comes to addressing the social ills of our day?