What makes me happy is to dream and imagine things about battles and love.
How to propagate the Virus of Happiness?
In fact, it's quite simple !
- Answer this question; "What makes, or has made you, happy?" and become a Happiness Agent
- You earn some "Points Of Presence" (POP)
- You invest your Points in the city of your choice
- You spead the Virus of Happiness around the world.
What is the virus of happiness and how it works?
About Happython
Happython was founded in 1998 on this simple question: "What makes you, or has made you, happy?".
The answers of many people were printed and then exposed-pinned on clothes dryers called "Porte-Bonheurs".
These exhibitions took place in galleries, public places, post offices and finally on the web.
The idea of a Happening Record of happy moments has germinated: the Happython and the Happiness Virus have been created!
For more than 20 years, tens of thousands of people between the ages of 2 and 109 from all over the world have testified about what makes them happy.
Now it’s your turn!
The answers of many people were printed and then exposed-pinned on clothes dryers called "Porte-Bonheurs".
These exhibitions took place in galleries, public places, post offices and finally on the web.
The idea of a Happening Record of happy moments has germinated: the Happython and the Happiness Virus have been created!
For more than 20 years, tens of thousands of people between the ages of 2 and 109 from all over the world have testified about what makes them happy.
Now it’s your turn!
What makes them or has made them happy?
I'm a naturally happy person because I've learnt to see only the nice and positive side of what happens.
Mustapha , 56 years old, Oran (Algérie)
What made me happy was seeing whales in the distance spitting water, indifferent to the spectators sitting around a fire on this Zipolite beach.
Aude , 28 years old, Lyon (France)What made me happy was when she showed me the stars and blew on my neck to warm me up.
Rémi , 19 years old, Ferte-Bernard (France)What makes me happy is snakes and when my parents accepted to get one at home.
Valentin , 8 years old, Mons-en-Baroeul (France)What makes me happy is to listen to Danièle's music, dance the tarentelle and tammurriata and sing with my friends (especially napolitean songs).
Anna , 45 years old, Naples (Italie)Most importantly a woman in my life and then my studies that have made me the person I am now.
Ahmed , 50 years old, Oran (Algérie)I adore my little kitten's caresses. That makes me happy.
Karma , 28 years old, Palma de Majorque (Espagne)
What made me happy was to make a break in my job in order not to work any longer, to decide to care about myself and now to give priority to my happiness.
Béatrice , 51 years old, Bruxelles (Belgique)
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.
Mehdi , 27 years old, Tunis (Tunisie)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 happy is that, though I am agoraphobic, I have made a great friend Pascale thanks to Internet, and I thank her for having friendly feelings for me.
Julie , 39 years old, Bruxelles (Belgique)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.
Soizic , 24 years old, Montréal (Canada)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 !!!
Angélique , 23 years old, Chambly (France)
What makes me happy is the idea of not waking up early in the morning, not taking the bus to school, not working, because studying too much can kill, but I do it anyway, I'm still happy.
Thomas , 15 years old, Aix-en-Provence (France)A kind of happiness that will never pass away is giving birth to a child, it is the most beautiful happiness to my mind.
Evelyne , 46 years old, Namur (Belgique)What made me happy is an angel on the web who gave me a lot of happiness and love and I can't forget…
Marlène , 55 years old, Liège (Belgique)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.
What makes me happy are those lives I dream of and those dreams I live in.
Raked , 22 years old, Stockholm (Suède)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. »
Nicolas , 18 years old, Toulouse (France)What makes me happy is the generosity of people who support Florence Aubenas and Hussein Hanoun. Finally solidarity doesn't end.
Lulu , 21 years old, Aubenas (France)
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 ?
Ana , 45 years old, Melun (France)What makes me happy : family meetings, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren…
Lucienne , 85 years old, Chatellerault (France)
What really makes me happiest is seeing happy people around me, and what makes my heart smile is sharing my happiness with others.
Suzie , 31 years old, Candiac (Canada)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, even if it may look strange, it is when I drive to work in the morning.
Elodie , 26 years old, Limoges (France)What made me happy was my title of European champion of table tennins in all categories and my boyfriend.
Angéline , 22 years old, Evry (France)What makes me happy is telling myself every morning, while reading the Happython, that I am not the only one who thinks like this.
Nicolas , 22 years old, Nice (France)One of the things I like to do is ….don't laugh at me ! It is to take off the shell of hard-boiled eggs. I adore that and it makes me happy.
Lilou , 33 years old, Montréal (Canada)What makes me happy is the shoo-shoobidoos, the waboo waboos and all the rest.
Abigaëlle , 40 years old, Noisy-le-Grand (France)What makes me happy is seeing my best friend again after almost two years apart.
Samya , 17 years old, Mohammédia (Maroc)What makes me happy, it is in the morning when I wake up in my lover's arms and he kisses me lovingly
Olympia , 32 years old, Paris (France)My little world makes me happy… I first of all have all my pets: Loulou, Fofinha, Nina, Cleo, Cesar, Micas they are my dogs who, I can assure you, are also very happy with 3400 feet of field and two little houses… My cats: Tigrao, Faisca, Princesa who have 4 little kittens Milady, Aramis, Dartanhan, Portos… My tortoises whose names are: César and Cléopâtre…. My birds in big cage…
Silvia , 23 years old, Pombal (Portugal)
Smelling the aroma of the pizza that's baking in my oven and thinking that I'm going treat myself !
Mary , 21 years old, Aix-en-Provence (France)For you I am not merely a thing, my happiness is you, Pilou.
Katie , 46 years old, Bruxelles (Belgique)What makes me happy is snakes and when my parents accepted to get one at home.
Valentin , 8 years old, Mons-en-Baroeul (France)What makes me happy, a great privelege in my heart, when my little 4-year-old friend, Joey, takes my hand, taking this gesture of love from this child who moves me, but completely... I become gaga with...
Hélène , 51 years old, Shawinigan (Canada)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.
Thierry , 34 years old, Grez-Doiceau (Belgique)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.
Sanaa , 25 years old, Casablanca (Maroc)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.
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.
Nicole , 57 years old, Paris (France)What made me happy was to find out that I was pregnant with the child of the man of my life.
Stéphanie , 24 years old, Rome (Italie)I'm happy every morning when my man snuggles up to me saying: “good morning, darling, I'm here next to you”. I shiver.
Surprising my brother and seeing the happiness on his face, that's enough to make me happy.
Kamila , 28 years old, Marseille (France)
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.
Hamed , 35 years old, Marseille (France)What makes me happy is that I have found a bigger appartment that mine for the same price in the region where I am moving (a region where real estate is normally more expensive than in my region).
Maxime , 28 years old, Amiens (France)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…
Hilm-Lamiae , 35 years old, Fès (Maroc)Wednesday afternoon, I visit my grand mother at the old folks home. Our walk in the park brings us closer. Seeing her smile and her joy makes me happy.
After going on holidays alone, I come back home and I find my dog. It makes me happy.
Myriam , 19 years old, Longjumeau (France)What makes me happy is to get up in the morning and thank God for letting me sleep in peace.
Rabah , 31 years old, Grenoble (France)What makes me happy is reading happython every morning in class. That puts me in a good mood for the rest of the day.
Laure , 20 years old, Lyon (France)What makes me happy is finding the right temperature of water in the shower right away… I hate cold showers…
Julien , 19 years old, Rennes (France)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.
Josée , 54 years old, Paris (France)What made me happy is when my boyfriend proposed to me, but also when the Americans demonstrated against war in Irak.
Maud , 21 years old, Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois (France)
What makes me happy is receiving a message that is proof of a pardon granted by a friend...maybe found again.
Thierry , 47 years old, Arradon (France)
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.
Chantal , 37 years old, Tervuren (Belgique)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.
Carole , 27 years old, Lyon (France)