World of Wisdom: Dreams

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Can sticking to our dreams end up holding us back? Diane and her husband promised they would sell their home on retirement and travel the world. Sadly, he passed away before they could do that. Diane wants to carry on with that plan but the pandemic has made her realise the richness of her community and given her a sense that as she gets older she needs to make best use of the time she has. Perhaps she is wrong to turn her back on where she lives and what she has. Sister Dang Nghiem, a Buddhist Nun, offers gentle counsel and helps Diane towards a resolution. She discusses with the BBC's Sana Safi that the long-long dreams we hold may be found to actually be a distraction from what really matters.

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0:00.0	I'm Lisa Douset from the BBC World Service. I've been reporting from Afghanistan for more than 30 years.
0:07.0	The Americans are now out, the Taliban in. How did we get here? What happens next? Our podcast, A Wish for Afghanistan, may be able to help.
0:17.0	Search for A Wish for Afghanistan wherever you get your podcasts. This is the BBC World Service. I am
0:27.7	Santa Safi and welcome to World of Wisdom where we explore the personal issues that life turns up and ideas about what might be done about them.
0:38.0	Have you ever had a dream that powered you through parts of your life?
0:46.4	Has that intention or ambition even caused you pain?
0:51.0	Diane from British Columbia got in touch with us via our website at BBC World of
0:57.3	Wisdom. She wanted to discuss something that has felt close to her heart for a very long time and that has
1:05.4	taken on a new meaning since COVID-19 changed all of our lives. Here she is
1:11.9	speaking with Sister Dank Niggiim.
1:16.0	Sister Dang, the pandemic has really focused my mind on doing the things I really want to do.
1:28.6	My husband and I, sorry, had the dream of selling her house to travel the world. We didn't manage to do that before he died nearly five years ago.
1:41.4	And over the past year, I realized this is still something I really want to do.
1:49.0	However, I'm being held back by my fear of leaving my friends and my community. So my question is, how do I let go of the fear?
2:00.0	Thank you, my dear Diane, for asking your question of the heart.
2:10.0	I see that you are crying.
2:20.0	And yet you also have a beautiful smile on your lips.
2:23.0	Your face is very bright.
2:26.0	Thank you. That speaks a lot of strength
2:29.0	and gentleness in your spirit as well. That's very beautiful my dear. I'm sorry
2:38.6	that you didn't have a chance to realize that dream with your husband.
2:45.0	But I hope you also know that he's always with you.
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