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Mel Gibson - Man Without A Face Story

October 2003

There are a lot of good biographies of Mel Gibson available on the net
and none of them have anything like the story below. Gibson moved to
Australia when he was 12 years old and studied at the National Institute
of Dramatic Arts at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. He
performed in numerous plays and eventually was cast in the film "Mad
Max," which got his career moving. Whomever wrote this (not Paul Harvey)
has spent too much time watching movies and not enough time experiencing
reality.

An interesting Paul Harvey true story

Here is a true story by Paul Harvey. Pass it to anyone who you think
would find it interesting and inspiring. You will be surprised who this
young man turned out to be. (Do not look at the bottom if this letter
until you have read it fully.)

Years ago a hardworking man took his family from New York State to
Australia to take advantage of a work opportunity there. Part of this
man's family was handsome young son who had aspirations of joining the
circus as a trapeze artist or an actor. This young fellow, biding his
time until a circus job or even one as a stagehand came along, worked at
the local shipyards which bordered on the worse section of town.

Walking home from work one evening this young man was attacked by five
thugs who wanted to rob him. Instead of just giving up his money the
young fellow resisted. However they bested him easily and proceeded to
beat him to a pulp.

They mashed his face with their boots, and kicked and beat his body
brutally with clubs, leaving him for dead. When the police happened to
find him lying in the road they assumed he was dead and called for the
Morgue Wagon.

On the way to the morgue a policeman heard him gasp for air, and they
immediately took him to the emergency unit at the hospital. When he was
placed on a gurney a nurse remarked to her horror, that his young man no
longer had a face. Each eye socket was smashed, his skull, legs, and
arms fractured, his nose literally hanging from his face, all is teeth
were gone, and his jaw was almost completely torn from his skull.

Although his life was spared he spent over a year in the hospital. When
he finally left his body may have healed but his face was disgusting to
look at. He was no longer the handsome youth that everyone admired.

When the young man started to look for work again he was turned down by
everyone just on account of the way he looked. One potential employer s
uggested to him that he join the freak show at the circus as The Man Who
Had No Face. And he did this for a while. He was still rejected by
everyone and no one wanted to be seen in his company. He had thoughts of
suicide. This went on for five years.

One day he passed a church and sought some solace there. Entering the
church he encountered a priest who had saw him sobbing while kneeling in
a pew. The priest took pity on him and took him to the rectory where
they talked at length. The priest was impressed with him to such a
degree that he said that he would do everything possible for him that
could be done to restore his dignity and life, if the young man would
promise to be the best Catholic he could be, and trust in God's mercy to
free him from his torturous life. The young man went to Mass and
communion everyday, and after thanking God for saving his life, asked
God to only give him peace of mind and the grace to be the best man he
could ever be in His eyes.

The priest, through his personal contacts was able to secure the
services of the best plastic surgeon in Australia. They would be no cost
to the young man, as the doctor was the priest's best friend. The doctor
too was so impressed by the young man, whose outlook now on life, even
though he had experienced the worse was filled with good humor and love.
The surgery was a miraculous success. All the best dental work was also
done for him. The young man became everything he promised God he would
be.

He was also blessed with a wonderful, beautiful wife, and many children,
and success in an industry which would have been the furthest thing from
his mind as a career if not for the goodness of God and the love of the
people who cared for him. This he acknowledges publicly.

The young man was and is Mel Gibson.

His life was the inspiration for his production of the movie "The Man
Without A Face." He is to be admired by all of us as a God fearing man,
a political conservative, and an example to all as a true man of
courage.






Heart Test Story

January 2004

This is a nice story that may bring a tear to your eye but is totally
fabricated. The Stoddard of the Stoddard Cancer Wing at Iowa Methodist
is Dr. John Stoddard not Teddy Stoddard.

Heart Test As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very
first day of school, she told the children an untruth. Like most
teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all
the same. However, that was impossible, because there in the front row,
slumped in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. Mrs.
Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed that he Did not
play well with the other children, that his clothes were messy and that
he constantly needed a bath. In addition, Teddy could be unpleasant. It
got to the point where Mrs. Thompson would actually take delight in
marking his papers with a broad red pen, making bold X's and then
putting a big "F" at the top of his papers. At the school where Mrs.
Thompson taught, she was required to review each child's past records
and she put Teddy's off until last. However, when she reviewed his file,
she was in for a surprise. Teddy's first grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is
a bright child with a ready laugh. He does his work neatly and has good
manners... he is a joy to be around.." His second grade teacher wrote,
"Teddy is an excellent student, well liked by his classmates, but he is
troubled because his mother has a terminal illness and life at home must
be a struggle." His third grade teacher wrote, "His mother's death has
been hard on him. He tries to do his best, but his father doesn't show
much interest and his home life will soon affect him if some steps
aren't taken." Teddy's fourth grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is withdrawn
and doesn't Show much interest in school. He doesn't have many friends
and he sometimes sleeps in class." By now, Mrs. Thompson realized the
problem and she was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when her
students brought her Christmas presents, wrapped in beautiful ribbons
and bright paper, except for Teddy's. His present was clumsily wrapped
in the heavy, brown paper That he got from a grocery bag Mrs. Thompson
took pains to open it in the middle of the other presents. Some of the
children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone bracelet with some
of the stones missing, and a bottle that was one-quarter full of
perfume.. But she stifled the children's laughter when she exclaimed how
pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing some of the perfume
on her wrist. Teddy Stoddard stayed after school that day just long
enough to say, "Mrs. Thompson, today you smelled just like my Mom used
to." After the children left, she cried for at least an hour. On that
very day, she quit teaching reading, writing and arithmetic. Instead,
she began to teach children. Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to
Teddy. As she worked with him, his mind seemed to come alive. The more
she encouraged him, the faster he responded. By the end of the year,
Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class and, despite
her lie that she would love all the children the same, Teddy became one
of her "teacher's pets.." A year later, she found a note under her door,
from Teddy, telling* her that she was still the best teacher he ever had
in his whole life. Six years went by before she got another note from
Teddy. He then wrote that he had finished high school, third in his
class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in life. Four
years after that, she got another letter, saying that while things had
been tough at times, he'd stayed in school, had stuck with it, and would
soon graduate from college with the highest of honors. He assured Mrs.
Thompson that she was still the best and favorite teacher he had ever
had in his whole life. Then four more years passed and yet another
letter came. This time he explained that after he got his bachelor's
degree, he decided to go a little further. The letter explained that she
was still the best and favorite teacher he ever had. But now his name
was a little longer.... The letter was signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, MD.
The story does not end there. You see, there was yet another letter that
spring. Teddy said he had met this girl and was going to be married. He
explained that his father had died a couple of years ago and he was
wondering if Mrs. Thompson might agree to sit at the wedding in the
place that was usually reserved for the mother of the groom. Of course,
Mrs. Thompson did. And guess what? She wore that bracelet, the one with
several rhinestones missing. Moreover, she made sure she was wearing the
perfume that Teddy remembered his mother wearing on their last Christmas
together. They hugged each other, and Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs.
Thompson's ear, "Thank you Mrs. Thompson for* believing in me. Thank you
so much for making me feel important and showing me that I could make a
difference." Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back. She
said, "Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that
I could make a difference. I didn't know how to teach until I met you."
(For you that don't know, Teddy Stoddard is the Dr. at Iowa Methodist in
Des Moines that has the Stoddard Cancer Wing.) Warm someone's heart
today. . . pass this along. I love this story so very much, I cry every
time I read it. Just try to make a difference in someone's life today?
tomorrow? just "do it". Random acts of kindness, I think they call it?
"Believe in Angels, then return the favor"

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