There are only two days a year that you can not do anything. One is yesterday, the other tomorrow. This means that today is the right day to love, faith and, first and foremost, to live.
Dalai Lama
If you've ever been to life and death in an emergency, you'll know that there was no problem. The mind had no time to play around with the situation and make a problem out of it. In a real emergency the mind stops - you become fully present in the now and an infinitely greater force takes over the lead. That's why there are so many reports from ordinary people who suddenly acted incredibly bravely.
We are not what people expect us to do or what they want us to be. We are who we decided to be. Blaming others is always easy. You can spend all your life with it, but ultimately you are solely responsible for your success or your defeats. (Aleph)