What has made me happy for 30 years is to live with an exceptional woman who is my wife, my friend, my confidante and my mistress all at the same time.

My job!

What makes me happy is that my three and a half year old son gets angry if someone wants to smush an insect or when he asks us to be quiet to not scare a bird.

What makes me happy is to have been able to get a good education « educazione » !

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.

Walking barefoot and feeling the sun under my feet.

What makes me happy is when there is music on the streets or in the metro. It gives me the impression that the quick steps of hurried people are in rhythm on the tempo, like an urban choreography !

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 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…

What makes me happy is to get up in the morning and thank God for letting me sleep in peace.

To eat chips makes me happy

feel like the Tibetan climbing the sacred mountain ! Happiness is not the end of the path, but happiness is the very path.

The fact that I've met my soul mate makes me happy.

What makes me happy is when the people in the metro don't look just at their feet but at each other, and smile.

What makes me happy is to see that people can work together to overcome difficulty.

What made me really happy? The first time my son smiled directly at me.

Laughing and playing with my son and swimming in the ocean

What makes me happy is cracking my toes in bed instead of studying math during that time.

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

What makes me happy is to see the smile of people I like and the sunset. It's to hear the voices melody and children laughing. It's to smell flowers perfume and that of hot coffee. It's to feel under my fingers the softness of the skin and the grains of a fine sand beach…

What makes me happy? My new life with the man of my life hihihi !

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.

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…

What makes me happy is to believe in life, to believe in me.

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 is that my scientific experiments are progressing.

What makes me happy is all that is beautiful, pure, frank and honest and that doesn't cost anything because these are the simplest things that are the most wonderful.

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

Surprising a little sparrow while he's taking a bath in a puddle of water, that's what makes me really happy.

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

What makes me happy is reading every little bit of joy in my children's eyes.

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!

Well, what made me happy lately was the surprise to be invited by my friend in a smart restaurant very close by my home where I had wanted to go for a long time but I had not enough money!

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.

What makes me happy is to love and be loved

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 to have a cat.

I no longer remember exactly when, But it was approximately in 1996 that I decided to “do something with Internet” It took me until April 1997 to get together the equipment, the connections and the supplies, but then bang, I saw photos of people far away appearing before my eyes, with immediacy of connection and of memory. Wow. For each question I had to do with actual things, ideas or sources of ideas, or how to do something, etc. etc. I could find the reply in a few minutes, and that's when I realised: One doesn't need to know how to reach one's goal before one has decided it - simply dream it and the answers to how you can succeed are on Internet – even if you wish to work towards an enlightened planetary civilisation…

What makes me happy is having being able to create and form a happy couple with children.

Love!

What makes me happy is to have been able to get a job on my own.

What makes me happy is seeing her in the morning, brushing her teeth in her robe, her gaze far away. I look at her, and our eyes meet.

Having a cat makes me happy.

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

What makes me happy is telling myself that there are places where everything is simple and less heavy than this place, and that can be here if I want it to be.

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

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 writing a message to Happython and knowing that one day, maybe, my testimony with help spread the virus of happiness.

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

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

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

What makes me happy is seeing the popcorn head of my love waking up.

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.

Ce qui m'a rendue heureuse c'est d'avoir eu ma fille.

A wet spring evening simply makes me happy.

What has made me happy for 30 years is to live with an exceptional woman who is my wife, my friend, my confidante and my mistress all at the same time.

An evening between friends, with a little to drink of course. One of them accompanies you back to your taxi, one of the ones with whom you share the same complicity and sensitivity. And on a « goodbye » you steal a kiss from him, instead of an ordinary « see ya soon ». A kiss that lasts for a little while, a kiss he returns. The kind of kiss that makes you smile each time you think about it again and makes you happy.

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 seeing my daughters happy and in good health

Just to hear some good news on the radio.

All my travels.

Seeing my son find his taste for life again makes me really happy !

What makes me happy is the first kiss in a love affair…The first craziest moments…

What made me happy, a waterfall.

For me, happiness is a content life as a couple, sharing intense moments with another person, who I'm anxious to find again...

What makes me happy, today, is seeing a magnificent carpet of dead leaves at the foot of a tree and hearing a bird singing on the bare tree.

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 to eat a chocolate filled pastry behind my archi (tecture) teacher's back!!!

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 doing a task that, I feel, fits with me and my personnality.

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

What makes me happy is when my neighbour kindly offers me « tourtisseaux » to thank me for a small favour.

What makes me happy is being in an excellent mood and knowing how to share it with those around me.

What makes me happy is finding the right temperature of water in the shower right away… I hate cold showers…

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.