Nothing’s Impossible
“Nothing’s impossible if you believe
Your faith will carry you along
Hold on to ev’rything you know
Oh and don’t let go”
Though I wrote the above lyrics for this duet sung by Julia Wade and Cynthia Clawson, this is pure Julia. Perhaps it’s one of the reasons why I married her. She just won’t let go.
For her, life is just one battle to triumph after another and it’s her faith and her bulldog tenacity that often get her through – and her sweetness. It’s an unusual combination, bulldog tenacity and sweetness – not often found working together in us humans. Perhaps that’s what makes Julia so special – the mix of the two and the drive to never give up and always believe in the possible.
“Love will sweep the shadows out
Light your way, cast off the blind doubt
And you’ll find out …
That nothing’s impossible if you believe”
More pure Julia. Oh, she can sometimes have blind doubt, like anybody else, but when she’s pure Julia, the blindness falls away and she’s about as loving as we humans can get. She radiates love. And I’m a lucky guy to be able to exist in the vicinity of that outpouring. It is often the spiritual food that feeds me and gets me through it all.
I’ve not spent much time with Cynthia Clawson. Her husband, Ragan Courtney and I are lifelong buddies, but most of that bonding time was spent together before he met Cynthia and settled down.
However, one long weekend with the two of them more recently recording this song and shooting some accompanying video was all it took to see that Cynthia ain’t just actin’ a song here, but lives this message every day as well. She also just radiates love.
So this isn’t just a song with some positive words and a catchy melody here. This is the essence of this CD. This IS two wise women who practice what they preach every day, and though in the song they’re talking to one another, they’re really talking to all of us.
Nothing’s impossible. Pretty heady words … Can we really triumph over anything that comes our way? Well, of course, then there’s the big IF. “If you believe …”
“Believe in what?” you ask. Just believe, is the answer. That’s what faith is all about. Faith is for when you have nothing – no answers, no solutions, no hope, no clarity, no guts, no dreams. So …
Be beyond the sea of doubt
As you live and breathe
Have faith. Just believe. Believe you can do it, have it, make it, find it, own it, create it. Believe in the wondrous world of yourself.
Hold to this each and ev’ry day
Nothing can take this faith away
Ev’rything is possible when you believe
Down in your soul
So celebrate!
“Celebrate when you have nothing?” you ask. Sure. Why not? Have faith, for God’s sake.
Nothing’s impossible!
Nothing’s Impossible
Music and Lyrics by Peter Link
Julia
Once I let good fortune fashion my life
I played the spinning wheel
And sometimes I lost and sometimes I won
As luck would have it
Cynthia
Uh huh …
Life was just feast then famine
Julia
Then I stumbled on the truth
Took the life I had and signed out
Both
I’d find out … that
Julia
Nothing’s impossible if you believe
Cynthia
I know what you mean…
Julia
Your faith will carry you along
Cynthia
All through your life
Both
Hold on to ev’rything you know
Oh and don’t let go
Julia
Nothing’s impossible if you believe
Cynthia
If you just believe
Julia
Ev’rything is possible for you
Cynthia
Time after time
Both
Hold to this each and ev’ry day
Nothing can take this faith away
Ev’rything is possible when you believe
Down in your soul
Cynthia w/ Julia answering
Hallelu
Hallelu
Hallelu
Hallelu
Hallelu – jah
Hallelu
Both
Hallelujah!
Be beyond the sea of doubt
As you live and breathe
Cynthia
Life turns not upon the luck of the draw
That’s what the wise ones say
So follow your heart and bring it to pass
Whatever beckons
Julia
Yeah …
Both
Life works when truth is natural
Cynthia
Love will sweep the shadows out
Light your way, cast off the blind doubt
Both
And you’ll find out …
Cynthia
That nothing’s impossible if you believe
Julia
Nothing’s impossible
Cynthia
Your faith will carry you along
Julia
Carry you all through your life
Both
Hold on to all the good you know
Oh and don’t let go
And whatever happens …
Cynthia
Nothing’s impossible if you believe
Julia
If you just believe
Cynthia
Ev’rything is possible for you
Julia
Time after time
Both
Hold to this each and ev’ry day
Nothing can take this faith away
Ev’rything is possible when you believe
Down in your soul
So celebrate!
Choir & Ladies
Hallelu
Hallelu
Hallelu
Hallelu
Hallelu – jah
Hallelu
Hallelujah!
Both
Take a moment
Praise the Lord
Let your spirit soar
Cynthia
Nothing’s impossible
Julia
Ev’rything is possible
Cynthia
Nothing’s impossible
In your life
Julia
Nothing’s impossible
Cynthia
Ev’rything is possible
Julia
Nothing is impossible
It’s the truth
Cynthia
Nothing’s impossible
Julia
Ev’rything is possible
Both
Nothing is impossible
There is not the shadow of a doubt!
Cynthia
Nothing’s impossible
Julia
Ev’rything’s possible
Cynthia
Nothing is impossible
Julia
It’s true Cynthia