"V'Haya Eikev Tishmi'um", Rashi famously says that this refers to the "light" mitzvos that a person treads on without care (Eikev 7:12). Rav Moshe Feinstein asks, "We know that all mitzvos must be treated equally since we do not understand their roots in Shamayim and their impact, so which mitzvos is Rashi referring to?"
He answers that Rashi is referring to a person's ignorance. "Many times," says Rav Moshe, "a person does not treat seriously the main part of the mitzva but makes a big deal about side issues (e.g. Segulos, Chumros, Hidurim). Sometimes what we make out to be a mitzva is not even a mitzva at all. This total fog that we live in, is the ingenious ploy of the Yetzer Hara."
Rashi is telling us we must learn the mitzvos and know the truth. We must be cognizant enough to at least ask a shaila. This way we will stop running over the real mitzvos and keeping our own version of the Torah. Then, we will stop wondering why we are not rewarded for our so called good deeds. We will keep the Torah that Hashem wrote and we'll be amply rewarded.
Revach
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