“This life” is a gift, and any time a gift is given, the giver of a gift pays a price for the ability to obtain the gift and to give it to its recipient.
As a recipient of this gift, can you imagine what that price is? You cannot. The recipient of any gift never truly understands the value of the gift until he or she has become the person who has obtained it themselves and who, therefore, has the ability to give it to another.
In the scriptures, admonitions abound to not waste “the day of this life,” though they may not use that exact phrase. Scriptures warn of the misery and regret that individuals will experience if they do, and this will come not only from a realization of opportunities lost, but also from a realization of the ways in which they trampled under their feet the giver of the gift.
People underestimate what Jesus offered to mankind in coming here to earth, and they grossly underestimate the price he had to pay to offer it.
Submit yourself to him in all things, and he will give you a greater comprehension of both.