Nor is our fear limited to oil.

Action gives us a sense of control, and helps us bear our fear.

When our fears are unbounded and overblown, we're reckless, and we're cowardly.

Numerous other countries, notably European Union members, share our concerns.

It's believing in those dreams and facing our fears head on that allows us to live our lives beyond our limits.

We should, for example, want to prevent the militarization of nuclear energy in Iran precisely because of our concern as Europeans, not because we are allies of the US.

But our latest nuclear fears have broader implications, especially for energy supply and our desire to shift away from reliance on fossil fuels.

We are told not to worry about large scale cyber meltdowns, because none has occurred, and governments are being vigilant.

Nevertheless, they find that many of our biggest concerns will turn out to be trivial, or even beneficial.

Today, oil is the most important and valuable internationally traded commodity, and its significance to our civilization is underscored by the recurrent worry that we are running out of it.

I need to be in a position where I can sit down with him Putin and be very frank about our concerns, Bush said in late March at Freedom House in Washington.

Has being frank about our concerns, the justification for hobnobbing with the likes of Putin, proven effective? Perhaps not.

When our ambition is unbounded, it leads us to lie, to cheat, to steal, to hurt others, to sacrifice things of real value. When our fears are bounded, we're prudent we're cautious we're thoughtful.

Deflecting mounting criticism, Bush rejects appeals to boycott the summit. I need to be in a position where I can sit down with him Putin and be very frank about our concerns, Bush said in late March at Freedom House in Washington.

While we welcome the start of the disengagement from Gaza and appreciate the Israeli Government's firm determination to implement the withdrawal despite some domestic opposition, we must express our concerns over the recent resumption of violence by militant Palestinian groups and the Israeli army.

If the thought of Dracula and vampires makes us shiver, then the vampire myth still fulfills its functions for us as a projection of our fears and uncertainties, sexual desires, group and personal animosities, and longing for the dissolution of the structure of society.

And if we can resist this crazy slogan, we shall discover in Egypt, in Syria, in Libya, and anywhere else we go in the world that if we can often do much less than we pretend, we can do much more than we fear.