If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; new, universal, and more liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around and within him; or the old laws be expanded, and interpreted in his favor in a more liberal sense, and he will live with the license of a higher order of beings. In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

– Henry David Thoreau

Amazing old map of Newark, New Jersey from 1916

This amazing old map shows Newark, New Jersey as it looked in 1916.

This little boy’s turtle died, so he put on a tie and had a funeral

This little boy’s turtle died, so he dug a grave, built a cross, and put on a tie for the funeral.

Paterson, New Jersey in 1880: Restored image shows Prosperous Paterson

Click here to see a bird’s eye view of Paterson, NJ in 1880

Beautifully restored map of Asbury Park, New Jersey in 1881

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The solution to all of life’s problems

When you are in right relationship to God, all else will adjust itself correctly and…

Beautifully restored map of Corpus Christi, Texas from 1887

Historic bird’s eye view of Corpus Christi, Texas in 1887