Lightness
What is Lightness?
The ability to find and offer lightness in difficult moments — not as avoidance, but as a genuine gift that makes hard things more bearable. Levity is a form of care disguised as laughter.
When you might feel lightness
Lightness is a specific form of humor, which itself is a type of transcendence. You might experience this feeling in situations where transcendence is present, particularly when the circumstances align with the nuances that define lightness.
Emotional Hierarchy
Explore Lightness on the Interactive Wheel
Use our free interactive feeling wheel to explore lightness and discover related emotions.
Open Character Strengths WheelRelated Emotions
The practice of noticing and acknowledging the good in your life — the people, m...
An active, relational expression of recognition — letting others know that what ...
The sustained belief that good outcomes are possible and that your own efforts c...
The ability to hold a compelling vision of what could be and allow it to guide p...
A light, irreverent engagement with life that refuses to take itself too serious...
A deep sense of respect and awe in the presence of what is sacred, profound, or ...