What you don't defeat, you repeat

I always thought growing up that once we go through something, once it was over, it was over. It never dawned on me that I would continue to go through that same thing until I defeated it. Until I learned learned how to master my temper, my responses, my attitude, my fleshly desires, and keep me to me. It was in those lessons that I learned that it would continue to be in my life until I defeated(passed) those tests.