Reply #43: I'm not sure it is ever possible [View All]

[drmeow]

to know until you are faced with the opportunity (poor choice of words, perhaps :))

I think in life threatening situations, we all have the capacity to surprise ourselves (not for long if we've given our lives, of course) by dying for someone or something you never would have thought of dying for. Also, we might do something that could cause our death without thinking we were dying for someone (diving into water to save someone who is drowning, for example). I think we have instincts which we may not be aware of until they are triggered. Its sort of like the say, "A woman is like a tea bag, you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water" (don't know if I got the saying right but you get the point).