A New Day

Before birth, your soul may have basked in the glory of G-d and the Torah, but only in this world can you utilize your individuality to master Torah with your own abilities. In truth, we must always be mindful of this, and approach each day as a new birth. But on a person’s birthday, this lesson is ever more potent.

This is a lesson for each of us – old and young. When you wake up in the morning, you have the same knowledge as you had before going to sleep. But now, when waking up to a new day, you must toil and take on a new identity. You may have accomplished everything, but those were yesterday’s accomplishments! You must now awaken to a new day; a new identity, even in comparison with yesterday.