Is anyone listening?

Is Anyone Listening?
To the left you will see the poster for the documentary, Pope Michael Film, which was recently posted to the Internet.  I do not know why Adam choose this particular picture for the poster, but it did remind me of a meeting I held over a decade ago.  I was addressing my advisors at the time and realized in preparing for this, no one was listening.  I opened the meeting stood up with my clip board and faced the wall and began to read from the clip board.  I could tell there were some questions behind me.  I soon turned around and said that I did not think people were listening to what I was saying.  Everyone in that room had their own agenda.  And sometimes I wonder, is anyone listening?  Or is everyone coming here out of mere curiosity. 
I am reminded of the story of Saint Francis, who could get no one to listen to his sermon.  So he went out to a field and preached.  The animals came up and listened.  And I cannot even get an animal to come up and listen attentively.