Surely you notice that there is a significant difference between you and, say, your vacuum cleaner.
Of course I notice. I guess we are all in different places along this journey and asking different questions, and his questions are not mine.
To extend on your electric appliance analogy, I can also see a difference from myself and electro-chemical reactions, a mountain rock slide, or a hurricane.
I second your insight here, valkyry1!
At bottom, Life is an unfathomable mystery. For the "why?" of it rests in God and God alone, in His will and desire expressing Logos, as Alpha (Formal Cause) and Omega (Final Cause).
No man can answer that question, it seems to me — the "why?" of Life. But we can certainly be curious about Life's "how" as it manifests living, observable creatures. And maybe gain some insights from a systematic study, which is what science purports to do.
Thank you ever so much for writing, valkyry1!