I don't generally make New Years resolutions, but have all kinds of impossible dreams. I get them down on paper, to get them out of my head and maybe just in case they can come true some day. At least they won't be lost.
What’s interesting to me (as a non-native speaker of German) is that the first part of the word--Sehn--already means “to long for” (sich sehnen is the verb to long for) and the second part of the word refers to a pathology: addiction. So “Sehnsucht” has a kind of pain attached to it that goes beyond simply “longing”
What a beautiful word and concept!
I don't generally make New Years resolutions, but have all kinds of impossible dreams. I get them down on paper, to get them out of my head and maybe just in case they can come true some day. At least they won't be lost.
Here's one: https://ideasbigandwild.substack.com/p/a-new-dream-of-home
What’s interesting to me (as a non-native speaker of German) is that the first part of the word--Sehn--already means “to long for” (sich sehnen is the verb to long for) and the second part of the word refers to a pathology: addiction. So “Sehnsucht” has a kind of pain attached to it that goes beyond simply “longing”