Restoring the Equilibrium

I read a couple of times, I do not remember anymore where, that the basic principle of nature is disintegration. From dust accumulating on shelves, to food going bad in our stomachs, to brown leaves in autumn and finally the most dreaded growing old. We struggle all our lives to restore the equilibrium. We fall ill, we struggle to get healthy again. The apartment in winter needs constant heating. We eat and eat, but we always have to eat some more to stay healthy and alive. There are accidents, we repair damage and live with what we cannot mend. If we stop struggling, we die, either of famine or...