My happiness has already lasted for a long time. It renews itself every morning when I go to sample a cup of tea in one of the many Parisian cafés. It's a moment of pure joy, I let myself lapse into dreams in the ambiance of the cafes, and I can no longer do without it.

What made me happy was having found my Papa who I haven't seen for twenty-five years.

To be happy, I need calm and tranquillity, to be loved and love, sunshine and perfect happiness ( a little water, some fruit, my garden on my island) and peace in the world.

The purest moment of happiness was my fiance's return to France after eight months spent in prison, in Turkey... All that because he had taken some papers! For now, it's my most beautiful moment.

What made me happy was when I could walk again for the first time after my operation, when I had been paralyzed.

What makes me happy is to be with a friend and with the kids.

Happiness is in my nature, I always say that the sun is shining in my head. What makes me happy is loving life and every day there's always the same intensity inside me.

My grandfather's eyes that sparkled whenever he saw me arrive. The wind that strokes my face, the sun that warms up the heart and finally, just feeling alive!

What makes me happy is making bread : to knead it, arrange the dough, cook it in my oven, and smell the aroma of fresh bread.

What makes me happy is having sponsored a little african, who comes from Burundi !

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.

Smelling the scent of my children makes me happy.

The day when I had to defend my DES thesis I was really happy because of all the things I had endured achieving the project.

What makes me happy : Luigi who plays the guitar !

What makes me happy is to go to the cinema with a girl who really appeals to me.

Classic happy moment, but true : waking up beside your love… a moment of pure tenderness… you wake from one dream to plunge into another…

What makes me happy is knowing that laughing works your abs!

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

What makes me happy is seeing a smile erase the wrinkles on my husband's face.

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.

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 makes me happy is being a great-great grandfather.

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

To know that there's at least one person on earth who loves me for who I am, who shares my sad and happy moments and who never gets fed up saying “I love you”.

What makes me happy is finally being able to walk, because I was in a wheelchair.

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

What makes me happy is snakes and when my parents accepted to get one at home.

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.

My five year old daughter told me : « Mommy, when you die, I will take all my treasures and I will give them to you when you return as a little baby. » That day, I felt a great surge of happiness

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

A kind of happiness that will never pass away is giving birth to a child, it is the most beautiful happiness to my mind.

My fall in the bus this afternoon because a good-looking boy gave me a smile and helped me to get up

I'm happy when my pupils smile in class and when they seem to be happy to be at school.

I am happy because I found my P50 motorcycle that I had lost.

What makes me happy is to be desired.

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 is to get up in the morning and think that I'm still there despite the past difficulties.

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 staying in contact with my old friends and making new friends.

What does make me happy is to watch the waves lapping on the fine sand

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

What makes me happy is that my scientific experiments are progressing.

This is great !! The virus of happiness !! I'd like to give you my own definition of happiness... : “Happinees is like a butterfly. If you run after it, it will escape... But if you let it be, it will land softly on your shoulder...”

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

What makes me happy is that it's raining today instead of a day when the weather's nice.

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…

For a very long time I have wanted to play a musical instrument while avoiding the forbidding aspect of learning the solfeggio. By some wonderful chance, I saw a photo of a man. Playing the tampoura in the desert, the flash !

What makes me happy is to see the others happy, my dearest, my friends, all the people I like.

What makes me happy is to have a cat.

Breathing everyday and going with the flow of my dailyjourney enjoying a beautiful sunny day and if possible near the sea, the lake or a river.

What made me happy...I was five years old, I wanted a little sister and I got one the day before my birthday. That was my best gift!

Smelling the scent of my children makes me happy.

Happiness for me is to get miraculously cured of my disease.

What makes me happy is to think every morning when I read the happython, that I'm not the only one to think that way

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

What makes me happy is my little 80-year-old mother, who is chock full of joyful projects : she's going to move into a new appartment.

What makes me happy is the sunset above the sea.

To take the time to eat in a fine restaurant in Marseille and to savour the different meals…

What makes me happy is that I've found my ideal girl.

What makes me happy is the beauty of the sky.

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

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

What makes me happy is being at the foot of a mountain or a hill and looking at the summit telling it « Soon !, », then marching on to sweat, breathe, suffer a little, climb up to that summit and tell yourself : « I did it. Thank you ». Just a challenge between you and nature. That's one of the most beautiful things in the world.

I am happy when I do well in my studies.

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

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 to be at the bottom of a mountain, a hill…watching the top and say to it: “see you soon”… To walk, sweat, breath, sometimes to suffer a little… and reach the top and think: “I've done it, thank you”. Just a challenge with nature. This is one of the most wonderful things in the world.

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 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.

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

My relationship makes me very happy. I really have the impression that I create that every day. What allowed me to live this relationship, was when I started to respect myself and to listen to myself. Of course the other person senses that and naturally comes to you without effort. Afterwards the secret is not to tie the net, not to become a living prison, but on the contrary to open up the space with kind attention and love. Programme for a beautiful relationship: - Respect it – Listen to oneself (and the other too !) – Encourage light thoughts towards the other – Continue as if you were alone - Love the other person tenderly - Have fun together.

What makes me happy is the surge of love that invades my heart in the most numb of her lyrics…

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

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

All my travels.