Happiness now is to feel I am starting afresh, even if I am alone, and to rely on the support of faithful friends and my granddaughter born 5 months ago, that is a dream and a revival in my life.

What makes me happy ? The field of grapefruit in pink mornings.

I have just come out of a coma. Here it is : happiness is to be alive again.

What makes me happy is to create as many problems as possible.

Brought up and educated in Brazzaville, The Congo, by missionaries. A war has broken out... Everything is destroyed, the town devastated, there is nothing to be found anywhere. However with courage the sisters go back to work, open the nursery and primary schools without any materials. They send out an SOS to ex-pupils of which I am one. Since that time I am running around the shops with my limited means of a retired person. Paints, folding books, etc. etc.... meetings with the people who will carry my packages to Brazza. And in return I receive letters and drawings from little children thanking me and calling me godmother and sometimes mother, this is happiness !!!

What makes me happy is getting a love letter meant for someone else... and getting a love letter really meant for me!

I'm against peoples' oppression and I want them to be free, so I am happy when there is justice on earth,…

What made me happy ? It is probably slight …I met a totally exceptional man on a chat one year and ten days ago (de visu).

What made me really happy? The first time my son smiled directly at me.

What makes me happy ? Scouting when I was young, then my commitment to a trade-union and a political party, my family – children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and hearing that my great-grandson Guillaume will soon be christened.

What made me happy was when I played my first notes on the guitar a few months ago. So far I believed music was not for me.

What makes me happy is to please to my parents so that they are proud of me. Thank you Dad and Mum, I'm madly in love with you!!!

I thought it was only possible to die from sadness. But one day I nearly died from happiness when the man I had always loved from afar, but only ever hoped to talk to, came and talked to me. It was the most beautiful day of my life.

What makes me happiest is the love of my future husband who, despite leukemia, helps me to get through life.

What makes me happy is when I find myself in the mountains again, simply in nature.

What makes me happy is life... the simplicity of people... their joy of living and the smiles that surround me... I want to be happy with them like with myself... I want to live in the moment without ever forgetting the past that made me grow up so well.

Tomorrow's day is already making me happy.

What makes me happy is telling myself every morning, while reading the Happython, that I am not the only one who thinks like this.

What makes me happy is to be desired.

What makes me happy is freedom of thought and see how deep and creative and generous people can be when they are free.

What makes me happy is running with people who are going to miss their train: not because I want to catch the train, but just for the pleasure of running and being out of breath...

What makes me happy is finally being myself in my own eyes and in the eyes of my loved ones.

What makes me happy is that my annuual medical appointment with my cardiologist was OK, and that even if unfortunately, she leaves the region,, she has found a cardiologist specialized, like her, in congenital hearth disease (my disease), who works in the region where I am move in, whom she knows well, and promised me that he is friendly.

Happiness is when I see my mother again, for whom I'll always be the same kid (even if I'm not this kid anymore) and to see her face lighting up and smiling.

Hearing someone whistle will always be for me, synonymous with happiness. Thans Papy.

What makes me happy is living the life I've always wanted to live.

What makes me happy is knowing that I am loved for who I am and that fills my heart with emotion to have tears of it in my eyes ! Then I understand that life is more than magic. Thanks to life.

When I left alone to experience giving up everything, I had the impression that I was happy.

What makes me happy, it is to crochet fine mats and advise some people how to do crochet and knitting.

What makes me happy is to talk to people and to learn something from them.

Having a cat makes me happy.

What makes me happy is receiving a message that is proof of a pardon granted by a friend...maybe found again.

What makes me happy is meeting passionate people. They always lend me an admiration like an imprint of their ardor, of their taste for life and love.

What makes me happy is making up with a colleague ! ( a little daily pleasure)

Happiness now is to feel I am starting afresh, even if I am alone, and to rely on the support of faithful friends and my granddaughter born 5 months ago, that is a dream and a revival in my life.

What makes me happy is the first kiss in a love affair…The first craziest moments…

Seeing my son find his taste for life again makes me really happy !

What makes my happy is that , currently, I only come across friendly people : the optician and her manager, the sales assistants of the sporting goods store ,of the hardware store and at the cultural goods (cds, dvds, books and video games) and craft arts stores , and the waiters and cashiers at the chinese restaurant).

What makes me happy is listening to Metallica while petting a kitten.

What made me happy : learn that Caro and Math are excepting a baby !

What makes me happy is when I have the giggles and when I laugh so much so that I have a stomachache… I feel so well after shading tears of laughter.

What makes me the happiest is to see the people I love happy.

What makes me feel really happy is to be free to act, speak and realise my dreams.

What makes me happy is breathing deep and seeing a smile appear on my face while I realize that it's good to live, something I had forgotten for a moment.

To feel the blending of warmth and cool in a summer evening, to drink a cool beer, to eat spiced olives, to hear my friends laugh, for me, that is happiness (in summer).

What makes me happy is little everyday moments like for example : sitting on the edge of a lake and contemplating nature, horsebackriding in the woods, among other examples.

Just now (apart from my wonderful family) the position of France, Germany, Russia, China and of course Belgium on the crisis in Irak, which shows there is some hope left. It gives me an immense happiness.

My first contact with her, my hands on her marvelous body, our first heartfelt words, our first steps along the Rhine to exchange, a little timidly, our visions of the world

Yesterday it rained, I strolled along the ocean, a photo was taken, a kiss, a laugh, warmed up again in a cafe, shared a chocolate cake and cherry tea.

My 14 years old son has a very worn stuffed bear and I hadn't been able to find one just like it to replace it. Today, I search online and I finally found it. I order four in advance and I feel like the happiest of all mothers.

Financial independance gives me a peace of heart and a certain serenity and the fact of being loved comforts me. Loving a man and receiving love makes me forget my worries and brings me pleasure.

What makes me happiest is the love of my future husband who, despite leukemia, helps me to get through life.

What makes me happy is when in the dreams' fall when the breath of the day raises my eyelids, I'm aware that the moment when finally I'll be free is close. Every minute, every second that goes by is a step towards our reunion, my darling, my Night, my life.

What makes me happy is seeing my girlfriend in the morning on the train tell me « until tonight, my love, » and then leave listening to Chuck Berry singing « Johnny B. Goode. »

What make me happy are the moments when my son has a great time playing basketball, and flawlessly.

Yesterday evening, out to see the lights of Lyon, I found myself in the park of la Tête d'Or, on a path with lights and sounds so surreal…and relaxing ! A real moment of happiness after a day of hard work.

What makes me happy is the generosity of people who support Florence Aubenas and Hussein Hanoun. Finally solidarity doesn't end.

What made me happy lately was to hear that I was pregnant after so many fruitless attempts.

I love to feel that boundaries don't exist here, smiles are the same everywhere, they can be exchanged in every language… that makes me happy.

Surprising my brother and seeing the happiness on his face, that's enough to make me happy.

What makes me happy is to be sitting outside a café with nothing to do but let my mind wander (daydream), sip my drink and watch people walk by.

Surprising a little sparrow while he's taking a bath in a puddle of water, that's what makes me really happy.

Giving birth to my two children made me happy.

What made me happy is when I was offered a chimpanzee, which was my dearest dream.

What makes me happy is to see happy sports people.

What makes me happy is to share my newspaper with somebody next to me in the tube that reads over my shoulder!

What makes me happy is the idea that people would learn to love each other, without any feeling of racism. The world is everybody's…

What makes me happy is seeing all the cherry trees blooming in Japan, and telling myself that nothing is more beautiful and nothing pleases us more than this langourous pink…

Smelling the aroma of the pizza that's baking in my oven and thinking that I'm going treat myself !

What makes me happy ? Sitting between others, while I feel a little wind on my face and watch the sunset.

What makes me happy is telling myself that there are places where everything is simple and less heavy than this place, and that can be here if I want it to be.

What makes me happy is to have a special moment with my friends over an aperitif putting the world to rights.

What makes me happy is seeing my best friend again after almost two years apart.

The simplest feeling of happiness is to know that someone somewhere loves you.

The day I decided to take myself by the hand again (I was quite depressed) made it so that, during this time, life itself made me happy...