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

Walking barefoot and feeling the sun under my feet.

My most beautiful moment of happiness was when my love, Nuno Filipe, had prepared for me the most beautiful Valentine's day…. We went to the highest place in the region. Without me noticing anything, he took out two crystal glasses of champaign and a red roses bunch where there was a little note: with lots of love. And the best: a ring, a solitaire and the most important, lots of love…

What makes me happy is to prepare a good meal when my son comes home.

A woman makes me happy.

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

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...

Most importantly a woman in my life and then my studies that have made me the person I am now.

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 are my kids' smiles in the morning.

Up until now nothing that I have accomplished or created in my life is worth mentioning compared to that freedom I have acquired through the fact of doing nothing to accomplish, change or improve anything in the world, including myself

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.

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

What makes me happy is thinking that I've succeeded in getting out of many decades of abuse by myself. Others will succeed as well.

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 to get up in the morning and thank God for letting me sleep in peace.

The idea of free time makes me happy. Let me explain: life is such that we are always doing something, stressed, running around, always going faster... So, to programme some free time, time to do nothing, is an idea that gives me a real sense of happiness.

I am happy when I am loved for what I am.

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

The thing that makes me happiest is someone's love and people's respect and the world smiling at me.

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.

Yesterday it rained, I went for a walk with Deal along the ocean, we took photos of each other, we kissed each other, we laughed, we warmed up in a pub, and we shared a chocolate cake and a cherry tea.

What makes me wild with happiness is to think that I get life ahead of me to make all my dreams come true, to meet ‘the' woman willing to offer me some kids, to see my babies grow, to make a contribution to tolerance for everyone, and mostly do my best not to wake up one day and think that I have made a mess of my life…

My success (academic with honors) makes me happy.

I am happy when I travel around the world and get to know different possible ways of being happy.

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

My cousing Mathilde, 3 and a half years old, was skeptical when we told her, after school, that her little sister had been born during the day. But if you had seen her when she finally met Alice, she was ovewhelmed with joy !!!

What makes me happy is that I'm in good health, I'm active, I've got good morals, and I rarely get angry!

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…

What makes me the most happy is the love of my future husband who, despite leukemia, helps me to overcome all in life.

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

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 spending time with my friends, going out with them, sharing my deepest thoughts with them and feeling their trust.

The day when my daughter Nouha was born, on July 4th, 2004 made me happy.

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

What fills me with joy is simply that a smile from me can make my companion happy and make him smile too.

Smelling the scent of my children makes me happy.

What makes me happy is to have come study french, start to understand it and eat Korean meals.

What makes me happy is the feeling of a smile!

A woman makes me happy.

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

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

What makes me happy is to live without any worries.

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 to have the possibility to organize a great party with all the family where my brother could come with his children.

It's when a simple look is enough.

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

The idea of finding the love of my life makes me happy.

I'm a naturally happy person because I've learnt to see only the nice and positive side of what happens.

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.

What makes me happy is falling in lovein the metro every morning ! Stranger from line 6, if you recognize yourself…

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.

Each morning on my way to work, I read the newspaper and I hurry up to read the Happython. Often I find myself in what was said. Today, it's my turn. What makes me happy is going to bed early and waking up late when I don't have to work.

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

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 thinking about what's going to make me happy later. When I get my car, a job I like, so that I can fulfill my passion and live with the woman I love and who loves me too. My happiness is living free.

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

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. »

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 made me happy was leaving for Bordeaux.

Giving birth to my two children made me happy.

What makes me happy is seeing all the different colors and ethnicities in the metro when I run errands in the morning…

What makes me happy is the happiness of others surrounding me.

What makes me happy is wheever I go beach and watch the clouds.

What made me happy was to spend my birthday evening with my son and his girlfriend, and tomorrow it will be the same with my sister and her husband. Hurray for the family!

What makes me happy is life in general  Lots of good things happen to me, like my three boys...

My job!

Hearing that a friend is expecting a baby makes me happy.

What makes me happy, you see, is that I live fully in the present moment. I savor each minute with pure delicacy, that's all!

What makes me happy is my calm spirit

What makes me happy is seeing my love, who lives in Toulouse, very soon.

What makes me happy : Luigi who brought me a chocolate egg, only for me !

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.