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Okay, so as an Atheist, I don't believe in a God or anything of the sort, I really just don't see how it works.
I had an interesting question posed to me during a passing period at school today.
The question (somewhat rephrased) was this:
"Being an Atheist, what reason do you see to be alive if you don't believe in a life after death?"

Now, this question is fairly hard to answer and really, it's a great question. Maybe if I find whoever asked it, I'll thank them tomorrow, because I certainly like the challenge in this. Now, although it is hard to fathom there being nothing after death for me, I don't believe in total death, and within a lot of reason, it's just a theory.
But I'll answer the question.
As an Atheist myself, this has been the hardest question I have ever actually had to answer. So why do I keep myself alive? Could it be just for the benefit of other people or maybe another whole ideological sense? I see life as a sort of "you only live once" scenario, you really do. You have one life, why waste it? Why waste something given to you? For Christmas (or Hanukkah or whatever you celebrate), do you normally waste a gift? No, most people don't, if anything, they at least keep the gift because it is sentimental to them. I'm not going to waste myself just because there is nothing (in my belief) after life, and hell, maybe there is and if there is, I'll admit I'm wrong.
I see in life what many others can't.
I see the chances for happiness, which I want to experience, in which I want to participate in.
I want to help those who can't help themselves, keep others happy.
Nobody is perfect, right? Certainly I'm not and certainly you aren't either.
Life is the road in which you have one destination, but hasn't anybody ever heard the phrase:
"It's not the destination, but the journey that is important"?
That's all this is, the journey means more than some sort of destination. I don't care whether my destination is heaven or hell or just pitch darkness or bright white light. I only care about how I'm going to get there, how I help others get there and how I come out to be. Maybe one day, I'll be a famous author or just a publisher in a building correcting mistakes on a copy of a book that probably won't make it to the shelves.
So my journey is still at the beginning of it's tracks, I've got a long way to go and I'm certain I'll cross paths that'll make me change direction (I'm already taking a really big detour in a year, soooooo...).
I hope this answers a few questions about Atheists that some people can't understand.
You only live once.