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I think we're lucky to have the life we have now. We should live well and justly, neither for fear of consequences nor for anticipation of some eternal reward.
If I did believe in a God, and it told me that there was no life after death, that this was all there was, I could accept that. Because what we have just by being here is so much.
If there is an afterlife, I'll be pleasantly surprised. But I don't expect it.
That said, if you accept any of the theories of parallel universes, or even accept that this universe is vastly large and that there are only a finite number of combinations of matter, then in some ways you will always exist. The "you" here and now may die, but myriad other "yous" continue to exist in the multiverse, at all different stages in your life. Actually, I find that concept even more comforting than that of an afterlife.
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