anhelo
A sustained reach toward what is not present — desire kept open across distance or time.
Longing in a dream is the dream's image of sustained reach toward what is not present. Longing is not the same as want; want can be satisfied by what is available, longing keeps reaching across distance or time. The dream brings longing when something in your life — a person far away, a chapter that is over, a self you have not yet become — is occupying you without being available. Longing acknowledged and honoured is the dream telling you the reach is real and is part of who you are. Longing denied, or hidden behind impatience, is the dream noting that the sustained reach is still happening and is now showing up as something else — irritation, restlessness, a search in the wrong place.