Learning and growing in love is why we are alive. Life is God. Love is God. Everyone and everything is a part of God. All things come from love and all things are held together by love.
Love is the way to heavenly bliss.
There is no greater force in the universe than love because love is universal and divine. The more love one learns and the more love one gives and receives, the better one's life and afterlife will be. In this respect, death doesn't change much. We must grow to heaven here on earth. Sometimes the class is flunked, sometimes it is repeated, but there is a continuous progression toward making the grade.