You know how that famous phrase offered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt ends...the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.  But after the last six months and more specifically, the last 6 weeks, of my life, I am no longer certain that I agree with our illustrious President. Fear, it turns out, is a natural, healthy human reaction, that when properly understood, can lead us to greater understanding and faith.  What we have to fear, most specifically, is our response to the fear we feel. I have been in recovery from a very serious heart operation these last weeks, an operation to repair a congenital defect that I…