That final statement you make encapsulates the truth of life. There is a shit load of unnecessary anguish consistently happening around the whole world…how do people deal with such dysfunction in their day to day existence??

On the street you see a lot of life Luke… You have a great vantage point from which to observe and comment… And you can reach people through your music.. You travel a path less often travelled by most of us. Consequently your musings are profound and this is transposed into your life song. When they talk about paying your due’s…you sure have done that bro!…and some. I tip my hat to you and look forward as ever to when our paths cross again.

Thank you for your great observations Chris. Good ol Francis. I think his words saved me from a few punch ups when I was growing. Ha ha.

The fire of mans transgression needs more than a cup of water to put out. I agree about increasing the dosage. It’s like in the mean old world where if you have enough money you can make something work. Well the same is true with love in the spiritual. Love is the only currency that can fix anything and if it’s not working it just means we need to increase the supply.

Most of my adult life I have wondered where alcohol fits in and why it is the drug of choice for the multitudes. Is it because it kills us a little every time we take it and that we get to taste of death and that in that taste there is a euphoric preview of the real thing? That floating away that is so nice that we don’t want to come back and that this sensation is something humans can’t get enough of.

It was a bad drug for me when I used to take it and I now realise that it’s not necessary to touch it to feel the pleasure of moving out of the pain and into the floating beyond! It’s not death i was afraid of facing. I was afraid of facing life.

There is no escape from love. It will consume us entirely and return us to the supplier in good time.

Hi Luke…I read your eulogy to Graham shortly after reading this attachment I’m sharing from Bob Gass. I thought your eulogy was steeped in love and though I never met Graham properly ( just once back stage after an awesome gig very briefly). It occurs to me that when fame isn’t enough and the drugs aren’t enough then love is the answer. You have put this truth into song..one of my favorite of your creations. Anyway I just wanted to thank you for sharing this reflection of your friendship with Graham and for reminding us of that 8th deadly sin of which we area all prone to succumb to. Love to you bro… Chris

When Dr E Stanley Jones preached a sermon on love in India, a church leader told him how a layman, whom he loved and had helped, was making trouble and threatening to split the church. The frustrated clergyman asked Dr Jones what to do because, in this case, love didn’t seem to be working. ‘Increase the dosage!’ retorted Jones. Our self–centred nature would have us believe that happiness comes when we get what we want and all of our needs are met. Yet, when we do get a better job, or a bigger house, or a bit of fame, we find ourselves empty because these things don’t bring us lasting joy and fulfilment. They actually whet our appetite for more—and around and around it goes.

Peter Gillquist said, ‘Every time we have a chance in any way to flesh out the love of God to others, our joy cycle gets fulfilled all over again.’ Francis of Assisi may have expressed it best in his famous prayer: ‘Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. Oh Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.’