LIFE

Life sustains itself within limits.

Within physical structure, something maintains continuity.

Life is not passive matter.
It is active organization.

Temperature is regulated.
Deviations are corrected.
Balance is repeatedly restored.

An organism preserves identity while its parts change.

Maintenance is not optional.
It is constant.

Regulation never ends.
It only holds.

When regulation slows, instability appears.
When correction fails, collapse begins.

Life persists only where maintenance continues.