Appreciation Can Be

Awe

Wonder

Elevation

Admiration

Looking outward

Moral elevation

Pausing to enjoy

Appreciation of skill

Making each day count

Seeing beauty every day

Appreciation of beauty

A strength of transcendence

Living with a sense of awe

Being responsive to goodness

Noticing beauty or excellence

A universal character strength

Dwelling on the beauty of life

Appreciation of moral goodness

Seeing the miraculous in the common

A sense of awareness when in nature

Contemplating the beauty of the earth

Pursuing wonder in everyday experience

Noticing beauty wherever it may be found

Recognizing that beauty is God’s handwriting

Seeing the best in people and things around us

Deep absorption in a sense of awe or admiration

Focusing on the world outside our head in a positive way

Never losing an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful

Noticing and valuing the world’s beauty and people’s skills

Identifying and enjoying that which is admirable in the world

Feeling powerful transcendent emotions when noticing beauty in the world

Noticing physical beauty, an exceptional skill or talent, or moral goodness

Thinking of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love

Recognizing, emotionally experiencing, and appreciating the beauty around us and the skill of others

Noticing and appreciating beauty, excellence and/or skilled performance in all domains of life, from nature to art to mathematics to science to everyday experience