Rabbi Liebenberg explains the wisdom of Torah in compelling us always to strive for the attainment of perfection but, if reached, is not what is really best for us. This is another example from HaShem that truth is found and experienced not in the destination but in the journey.
Rav Gedalia Meyer of the Temple Institute addresses the fact that things happen and we react. Sometimes we act predictably. Sometimes less so. Sometimes our reactions are appropriate. Sometimes not. S