The happiest day of my live was when I left the hole I was hidden in for a month during the war in Rwanda. That day, the sun shone like it will no longer and the breeze was a caress that no man has ever given me. It was June 21, 1994 around 3 :00 p.m. I was 14.

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.

Just to hear some good news on the radio.

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

What makes me happy is to see animals.

Overall, my friends (boys or girls) are the ones who make me happy, because they're always there for me.

Having brought to light a vocation. My son was studying Sociology and Economic Sciences at the University of Jussieu. One summer I forced him to work in a hospital to earn some pocket money. He dropped his studies to study at the I.F.S.I. (Nurses Training School) Today, at 25 he is happy, his job is a true vocation. His patients are happy and me too, I'm happy

The day when my son was born was a day full of happiness.

What makes me happy is going to the Happython site every day, reading the testimonies of people filled with happiness ready to break up the sadness, to put my little foot on the wall, too. That puts sunshine in my eyes for the rest of the day.

Laughing and playing with my son and swimming in the ocean

A child's spinning top on the carpet. What a pleasure to approach it, having watched it from afar, the memories coming back of those exquisite moments where colours mingled and filled rainbow eyes. I lean over, touch the top and play with it and that simple pleasure warms my heart, it turns, turns, turns...

What makes me happy is to read every morning the Happython when I'm in class. It puts me in a good mood for all the day.

What makes me most happy is when I see happy people. That's the reason why I try to make people happy. Sometimes a simple smile is enough…Fortunately there's a universal language that everybody can communicate with: the “language of the heart”.

What makes me happy is seeing the popcorn head of my love waking up.

I am getting divorced, my husband prefers men, my 14-year-old daughter is pregnant, I am in love with a 22- year-old man who left for Mozambique, I am jobless, I am walking on air, Life is beautiful, I am alive ! Cool, isn't it ?

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.

It's to seat down at Cais Do Sodré and look at my country.

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. »

To see my baby's birth.

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

To see my rabbit smiles thanks to the web cam on the net (!).

A particular moment in the summer of 2002 really made me happy. My father and I went fishing to the little river going near my childhood's village, in rocky canyons. He fishes with the hand since he was a little boy and this year I was also successful when I got a fish with my hand. The atmosphere and this moment of complicity both made me reach heaven.

What makes me happy is to have left my parents' house.

A wet spring evening simply makes me happy.

What makes me happy are those lives I dream of and those dreams I live in.

The day I passed my driving license I was really happy because I had always thought I was useless

What makes me happy is to have the possibility to organize a great party with all the family where my brother could come with his children.

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.

What makes me happy is feeling so small in front of a stormy ocean, smelling the spray on my face : I simply feel content, and I realize the futility of all my little everyday worries.

What makes me happy ? The successful moments, the nice memories from my childhood.

What makes me happy is girls.

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

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

What makes me happy is telling myself that I am going to see the man of my dreams on my right during my classes.

What makes me happy is to eat a chocolate filled pastry behind my archi (tecture) teacher's back!!!

My referee diploma made me happy.

What makes me happy is getting back home after a long day at college, putting my hand in my mailbox and discovering a postcard from someone I love.

What made me happy is an angel on the web who gave me a lot of happiness and love and I can't forget…

What makes me happy: to know that even far away, we can count on friends !

For you I am not merely a thing, my happiness is you, Pilou.

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.

What made me happy was my title of European champion of table tennins in all categories and my boyfriend.

Lots of things make me happy : I bought an appartment, I slept with a girl and I stopped smoking !

What makes me happy is getting online at noon each day on one of the computers at med school with Celine and Arthur to leave messages on Happython !

What made me happy was being born into softness, joy and love, and knowing that when I open my door, all of it spreads out to the entire world.

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

What makes me happy is staying in contact with my old friends and making new friends.

What makes me happy, even if it may look strange, it is when I drive to work in the morning.

So passionate, so tender, to hold me in your arms, kiss me gently and… tu make me fall on the bed ! You are so clumsy, my love, but how I love you, ooof ! I think about it in the metro, and I burst out laughing. I am happy.

What makes me happy is to be on holiday.

It's snowing. I didn't drink today (well… yeah, a little). I'm trying to answer your question… happiness ? For me this intense, deep emotion that moves me : I feel that I'm going to go away… I won't tremble anymore… live, that's all. Happiness is knowing that you can go away, happiness is the smile of someone who doesn't know that I'm an alcoholic. Happiness… is thinking that I'm normal. Happiness : being right, loyal, and honest.

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.

What makes me happy is to eat everyday with my friends, each bite is for me a breath of life.

What makes me happy : walking with your eyes closed to feel the natural elements.

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 warms my heart and makes me happy is when nothing relents, seeing that my ideas come back stronger and more definite.

What made me happy was leaving for Bordeaux.

What makes me happy is to love and be loved

What makes me happy are my kids' smiles in the morning.

What makes me happy is all that is beautiful, pure, frank and honest and that doesn't cost anything because these are the simplest things that are the most wonderful.

What makes me happy is to eat braised fish with my fingers, in the shade of a tree, in the Ivory Coast, and to watch the sunrise on Buttes Chaumont Park.

See and have the sun when I get up in the morning!

Having brought to light a vocation. My son was studying Sociology and Economic Sciences at the University of Jussieu. One summer I forced him to work in a hospital to earn some pocket money. He dropped his studies to study at the I.F.S.I. (Nurses Training School) Today, at 25 he is happy, his job is a true vocation. His patients are happy and me too, I'm happy

feel like the Tibetan climbing the sacred mountain ! Happiness is not the end of the path, but happiness is the very path.

What makes me happy is when my husband tells me “I love you more than my life!”

A moment of happiness: the kiss from this little girl who thanked me for having cured her mommy. What made me happy yesterday was passing the evening with the man I love, dancing all night with him and showing him that his black skin and my white skin show at the same time both contrast and harmony.

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 being in an excellent mood and knowing how to share it with those around me.

What really makes me happiest is seeing happy people around me, and what makes my heart smile is sharing my happiness with others.

When he holds me in his arms, my head goes “pssshit.”

My happiness is eating my favorite meal: pureed sausage.

One evening placed on his lower back, I thought about his little round body and I realized how happy I was to be a Daddy.

What makes me happy is to have been able to get a good education « educazione » !

0n Saint Valentin's night I decided to make love with a 40-year-old man. I was his little princess, I desired him so much that I was afraid. I was trembling. He made love with me as none had ever done . On that night I saw the wolf : happy.

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.