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

What makes me happy is when in the dreams' fall when the breath of the day raises my eyelids, I'm aware that the moment when finally I'll be free is close. Every minute, every second that goes by is a step towards our reunion, my darling, my Night, my life.

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

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'm happy when I'm part of the happiness of the people around me.

It's when a simple look is enough.

A woman makes me happy.

I am most happy when people thank me for holding the door for them on the metro. I leave with a lively step to the RER A.

What makes me happy is sharing my newspaper with a neighbor on the metro who reads it over my shoulder.

What makes me happy is seeing that my best friend is always there, even when things aren't going well.

Whenever I start to really like a person, I look at them straight in the eyes and I tell them that I love them (which is always true) : the glint that I see shine in their eyes, sometimes only for a fraction of a second, fills me with joy, and I am happy.

What made me happy is when my boyfriend proposed to me, but also when the Americans demonstrated against war in Irak.

What makes me feel really happy is to be free to act, speak and realise my dreams.

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.

What makes me happy is that everybody is fine.

Walking barefoot and feeling the sun under my feet.

What makes me happy is seeing my reflection in the eyes of my son.

What makes me happy is the existence of people on this earth who ask me what makes me happy.

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...

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

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.

My job!

What makes me happy is to read Happython in Metro newspaper with my beloved chums every day.

What makes me happy ? A bird singing in the morning when I get up.

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.

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 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 to have a special moment with my friends over an aperitif putting the world to rights.

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

What makes me happy is sharing my newspaper with a neighbor on the metro who reads it over my shoulder.

What makes me happy is to listen to Danièle's music, dance the tarentelle and tammurriata and sing with my friends (especially napolitean songs).

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

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!

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

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 makes me happy is the children's smile.

Oh… little everyday trifles make me happy … a smile, a hand in mine…a look, a laughing child…happiness is very relative…but we must know to appreciate the little things.

What makes me happy …To share a meal and an evening with friends.

What makes me happy is finally being myself in my own eyes and in the eyes of my loved ones.

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

What makes me happy is telling myself that, whatever happens, if we separate or find each other again, whatever time passes, no one will be able to erase our most cherished memories.

Life and loving others makes me happy.

What makes me happy is making up with a colleague ! ( a little daily pleasure)

What makes me happy is the sunset above the sea.

I am most happy when people thank me for holding the door for them on the metro. I leave with a lively step to the RER A.

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

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

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

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 adore my little kitten's caresses. That makes me happy.

What made me happy : learn that Caro and Math are excepting a baby !

What makes me happy is that, despite all the world's problems, there are at least 20318 happy people.

What makes me happy is telling myself every morning, while reading the Happython, that I am not the only one who thinks like this.

The soccer team makes me happy.

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

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.

Hugs!

To feel the blending of warmth and cool in a summer evening, to drink a cool beer, to eat spiced olives, to hear my friends laugh, for me, that is happiness (in summer).

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

My success (academic with honors) makes me happy.

As far as I'm concerned, what made me happy was to meet this great guy who I really love a lot.

I am learning to develop my ability to « not define » life, to melt into it rather than dominate it… and by so doing… I learn to love… and the more I love… the happier I am every day!

What makes me happy is to dream and imagine things about battles and love.

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

What made me happy...I'm going to be very original: the birth of my son! When they put him on my stomach and I saw his face for the first time.

What made me happy was leaving for Bordeaux.

What makes me happy is to be healthy.

The purchase of a house in the country made me happy. It gave me a goal.

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 happiest is laughing, with time, over things I've cried a lot about. That's how I finally tell myself that life is too beautiful but it's us who often see the world in black.

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.

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.

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.