Life - what is it?

Here’s a question for all you jolly jellies out there: have you figured out what life is yet? Take a step back from what your roles are in society, set your personality aside, and answer to the best of your ability what you have learned, what you have concluded – what makes you get up in the morning, what is your take on death and what (if anything) might follow, and why you think so. Try to avoid dogmas, or ideologies – just based on what you see, observe and feel about the world and yourselves and life in general describe what you understand life to be, it’s your own opinion that interests me. A penny for your thoughts? :-)