We are not good at making commitments. Maybe that is why the march towards the Promised Land takes so long. We get lost in the pursuit of the perfect, never being satisfied with the good. With all this the Promise is delayed - we don't quite make it there. Instead of looking into ourselves we look to blame another and we get stuck.
Tradition suggests a possible way out.
As we prepare to stand at Sinai again, we continue the countdown of the days. Little moves, mind you - we can't go all the way at once. That leads to failure. Yet knowing that next year we will countdown again, and meet again at Sinai, we realize that just a little brings us closer. We may see that the little good is better than the unattainable perfect.