What is life?

"Life. One little word that expresses so much feeling. We were given life to fulfill a purpose. But what purpose is that? I've sat and watched people go to work and come back. The same routine everyday. We were born. We were taught how to walk and talk, then forced into school just to get jobs we complain about. Then.....we meet someone and it's like your whole life revolves around them. You get married and have kids just to put them through the same thing. And then you grow old.......and that day arrives when you don't wake up. We have kids, and our kids will have kids. So are we supposed to do, repopulate? Or do we all each have our own purpose. Like Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery and George Washington was a war general that eventually led to a country. But what have I done? Gotten myself in trouble. Went to jail. But what does that do. Nothing. So the question I'm asking Mrs. Honeyberry is.....what really is the purpose of life?"