Appreciation of Beauty and Excellence [awe, wonder, elevation]: Noticing and appreciating beauty, excellence, and/or skilled performance in various domains of life, from nature to art to mathematics to science to everyday experience. Personified for example by Walt Whitman (Source: VIA Institue)
The Noel Strengths Academy defines it this way:
• Lives with a sense of awe
• Notices beauty wherever it may be found
• Appreciates excellence across the domains of life including the arts, math, science, etc.
• Has a sense of awareness when in nature
• Pursues wonder in everyday experience
