Leonard Cohen singer-songwriter, poet and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, sexuality and personal relationships.
Further, I would make the claim that Grounded Transcendentalism reduces to gratitude, a virtue for which Cicero valued above all others. Marvel at what we have, the Universe before us. Re-right the narratives towards attainable fictions, only then will be become transcendental naturalists.
Excellence is something that can't be seen by any other person, or without anyone else. It is something that must be found in the psyche, in the heart. You can just discover this excellence by experience.