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.

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

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

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

My greatest happiness has been the birth of my two children! One boy one girl:

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 seeing the popcorn head of my love waking up.

Having a cat makes me happy.

What made me happy: Over, my first boyfriend at school, which I'll never forget.

For me, what makes me happy is accomplishing the tasks I have to do... however small they are... the satisfaction of finished work...

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

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

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 when the supernatural gets revealed in my life. Coincidences, signs, dreams that come true with the impression that life organizes everything, lucid dreams.

What makes me happy is a warm day with the wind and the blue sky of spring… A day like today.

This morning, while feeding my fish, the ingrates finally recognized me ! I was crazy with joy ! (laughs)

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

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.

I met a person in the metro that made me smile…for no reason and that made me happy.

It's when a simple look is enough.

What makes me happy is eating calamari beignets in the university restaurant.

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

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 the day when my mother told me that she was happy to have a daughter like me.

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

What makes me happy is holding one of the metro's double doors, while exchanging a smile, and vice-versa.

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

Nothing makes me happier than to create something with my own hands, to prepare some tempting meal that we can all share together later, or to sew cushions myself. There is a magic in creating, making, concocting something with ones own hands. It is a proof that our hands are just an extension of our thoughts.

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

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

Someone who is able to listen to you, to have a discussion with you. Also to be able to open your heart to someone who knows about human qualities.

I'm happy every morning when my man snuggles up to me saying: “good morning, darling, I'm here next to you”. I shiver.

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 being with my family, spending time together, feeling all of their love, expressing how I feel, telling them, showing them.

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 nature. Walking in the grass or on a beach, lying in fields, watching the sunset, picking wild leeks to make an omelette with them.

What made me happy was leaving for Bordeaux.

The smile of a child after an X-ray treatment… A baby holding out his hand… All that makes me happy!!

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 to see his first name show up on my cell phone when at the same moment I'm thinking of him.

What makes me happy is after washing my hands, to dry them in the hot air of the hand dryer. That marks a nice pause in my day.

What makes me happy is really knowing that one day I'll have enough power to spread love and happiness.

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).

After going on holidays alone, I come back home and I find my dog. It makes me happy.

My marriage has made me happy.

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.

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.

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

What makes me happiest is the fact that a child can be born from me and that one day I'll have little toes in my belly...

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

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 the shivers I get when I hear a song that moves me.

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

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.

I am happy as soon as I get home from the office in the evening and see my child's smile.

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 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 chatting with my aunt on the internet and seeing her smile thanks to the webcam.

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

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.

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 happiness is complete when I let the metro pass to keep kissing my love on the latform...telling myself that I'll take it maybe the next day or the day after that.

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

My children ‘s smiles make me happy.

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…

Happiness was when my adoptive brother and sister found their biological mother and also the 26th of August when I knew that I was cured of my cancer.

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.

Cultivating my friendships is what makes me happy.

This morning, while feeding my fish, the ingrates finally recognized me ! I was crazy with joy ! (laughs)

The soccer team makes me happy.

What makes me happy is to see this little twig of a woman who is my mother smile and laugh, each time it's…

What makes me happy ? My dog !

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