/categories/via-character-strengths/Recent content in Via-Character-Strengths on Late BloomsHugoen-usSun, 31 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000/posts/appreciation-of-beauty-and-excellence/Sun, 31 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000/posts/appreciation-of-beauty-and-excellence/<p>[caption id=&ldquo;attachment_3656&rdquo; align=&ldquo;alignleft&rdquo; width=&ldquo;2048&rdquo;]<a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2020/Appreciation-of-beauty-and-excellence/i-6nVwzJ8/0/Lv34F3VrZh7mHb8txZdFgK5Jhc2vwgjJwwXv6FVCS/D/IMG_2716-D.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2020/Appreciation-of-beauty-and-excellence/i-6nVwzJ8/0/Lv34F3VrZh7mHb8txZdFgK5Jhc2vwgjJwwXv6FVCS/D/IMG_2716-D.jpg"></a> ’Tis the perception of the beautiful, A fine extension of the faculties, Platonic, universal, wonderful, Drawn from the stars, and filtered through the skies, Without which life would be extremely dull.<br> ~ Lord Byron[/caption]</p> <p>I&rsquo;m sure that there are many instances in life where we&rsquo;re surprised by what we find out about ourselves.   At the very beginning of an online course that I took through Coursera, we were assigned to go to the VIA Institute online and do a survey to find out what our character strengths were.  I&rsquo;d never heard of the Institute before but was curious to find out what my character strengths might be.  I thought that maybe I had a few!</p>