Inevitable Spoil

"A fruit ripens, and at that very moment it begins to rot."
Someone said this and I have not been able to quit thinking about it. It is true. There is that peak moment when the fruit is completely ripe, but that is only a moment. It spends time ripening to that one moment, and then from there it gradually decends to spoil. This statement has led me to a wandering path of thoughts. What does this mean? In what context am I to take this? How does this apply to me, to you, to anyone, or to a variety of situations and experiences? After all this I think I have come to a certain understanding of it, and yet I am still unsure.
I do know this. At the very moment when we find ourselves "ripe", or we think that we have become such, it is inevitable that we will begin to "rot" and spoil. If a person can honestly think that they have achieved their peak, their very best, an area of personal perfection...they are sure to decline, to spoil, to rot. There is always something we can do better, some way to improve. We will never be perfected alone. It just isn't possible. I really believe that.
There are a host of other ways to personalize this beginning statement. Like I said, I do not think that it fits into every situation or category. It led me to an area of pondering and I thought it might do the same for you.
What does it mean?