what makes you happy?

A couple of things, first when I know those that I love are happy

A fun job

A lot of things make me happy. Being outside, beauty of nature, feeling accomplished, feeling like I'm in control of my destiny

A lot of things- I look for happiness everywhere

A lot of things, seeing other people happy, feeling like I did something good, food, exercise.

Again loads of stuff, sunshine and my family in short

Almost everything, the smallest things

Animals

Animals, my husband, travel, doing healthy things, things that enrich my mind, books, art, learning. Getting out and away from everything- where there's no cell service

Animals, weather, family

Any good news

Anything good, laughter, babies, happiness, love, life, the world, people

Attention

Babies make me happy, and my family

Being able to do the things you want

Being able to figure something out, good music, pursuit of happiness, something new that makes the lightbulb go off

Being able to make a positive difference in someone's else's life

Being able to spend time with my family (during visits)

Being alive

Being around family and seeing people around me happy and enjoying their life. And being able to bring people happiness

Being around friends and family

Being around my family no matter what, no matter how much chaos is going on

Being around people I enjoy and care about and doing things I enjoy doing

Being around people that I love and doing the things that I love and remembering other good times. I'm very nostalgic

Being around people who are uplifting, young people, people that laugh a lot, people that are always happy and I don't like to be around people that act old and are grumpy

Being around the people that I care about

Being creative, which for me is mainly photography

Being happy

Being loved and having my dog around

Being on vacation

Being outside

Being surrounded by friends and family

Being with all the people you love and proving yourself wrong

Being with family

Being with family and friends and when my kids go to bed

Being with family, especially the little ones

Being with family, that is happiness

Being with friends

Being with little children

Being with loved ones

Being with lovely people

Being with my children, nothing is better

Being with my family

Being with people I know and love

Being with people I love

Being with people I love and trying new things

Being with the people I love, being in the present, fortunate for where I am. Living each moment. My work.

Believing in myself

Cake

Children

Chocolate

Clarity

Connecting with people and new experiences

Connections, when you feel that you can relate and share experiences in a tangible way and you grow or learn from it

Creativity, movies that have surreal new worlds. Things I haven't seen before, esoteric stuff

Dogs, people with a sense of humor, seeing others achieve something they really wanted to do

Downtime

Drugs

Earlier, before I was 50 I was a different person. But now I don't want to see anyone sad, whether they are related to me or not, even my enemies

Eating chocolate

Enjoying the day with my 10th [grade] friends

Even small things

Everything

Everything, being alive. To wake up and be breathing. Family and friends

Everything, The fact that I'm around happy people

Everything, watching people, analyzing and thinking about things

Existence

Experiencing new things and doing things that I didn't think would make me happy but finding out that they did

Fairness and justice, my family also

Family

Family and a balance in life between livelihood and recreation and having time to do the things you'd like to do

Family and friends

Family being around family and knowing you can reach out to them

Family, friends and dancing

Family, friends, traveling, music, creativity

Family, jazz, good food

Feeling appreciated

Feeling connected

Feeling like I'm fulfilled

Feeling loved

Financial Stability and exercise

Food

Food and adventure

Friends

Friends, being around people I love

Funny stuff

Generally when I’ve done something that I’ve wanted to do

Getting Xbox 

Giving all that I can and connecting deeply with other people

Giving to people

Good finances

Goofy

Grace

Great life, easy and good life

Growth

Hanging out with friends and family, seeing friends, getting into conversations, sharing things, telling about things we know

Happiness of other people. I think it's infectious, you cannot but participate in that happiness. Basically I'm a happiness vampire

Happy things

Have a good time with my friends and my family

Having a busy schedule, being active and being around people

Having a good life

Having family

Having family all together and doing things we all enjoy. Which includes travel. Watching grandkids grow up and their accomplishments 

Having family and friends around. And getting up in the morning and seeing sunshine

Having my grandson, prayers

Having my grandson's arms wrapped around my neck

Hawaii

Helping other people and giving them something I create or facilitate 

Helping others, performing and giving back

Helping people

Helping people and having lots of people in my life

Helping physically disabled [people] receive vocational training, that's the main thing

Hiking with friends and family in the mountains

Holidays with family

Humans using their potential in creative ways

I don't have happiness. With 3 kids it's very hard. [Happiness] won't come

I have a good idea

I'm always happy, everybody

I'm always happy, everything

I'm happy all the time, when I've got my whole family

Ice cream

If Bubba [my brother] doesn't cut my ponies in half

If folks that matter to me are truly happy

If I can share good moments with my partner. In or out of the house

If India flourishes I will be happy

If my grandson learns to speak

Interacting with all ages and especially children

Interacting with people

It depends on others, including relatives

Just about everything

Just spending time with the family, going places, enjoying life, spending money

Keeping busy

Keeping other people happy. If they laugh I laugh.

Kindness, art and music, nature, plants and animals, humor, creativity

Kindness, my husband, music

Knowing that I will be home with my kids soon

Laughter

Life

Listening to my radio

Living a fulfilling life. Spending time with people, experiencing new things and not taking life too seriously because at the end of it all we'll just be lying in the dirt

Living constantly in non-stop mode. Those little tiny moments where you enjoy the sun and the beach you feel happy and there's no reason to it

Living life

Living, seeing the world, sunshine, being alive

Lollipops, candy and milk and cookies

Lots of things: sunshine, gentle rains, soft breezes, good meals, good wine, having my friends and children around me. Feeling financial security. Good health

Love

Magna-Tiles (building toy)

Making new choices to change my life and knowing that's possible

Making other people laugh

Making others happy

Many things, when we get the desired things and when I get more marks and get 1st rank. And when I play with my Mom and Dad, many things but this paper isn't enough for me

Me and everyone around me finding purpose

Mishaa [baby sister] and Momma

Moments of clarity when I can appreciate what I have

Mommy

Mother's love

Music and my kids' sense of humor

Music- playing music, watching others perform, most touching way to express yourself

My 8th [grade] public result

My animals, they are my number 1. I like flowers, chocolate, pink and my husband. Simple things make me happy

My child being born, working in this school

My class students, my friends

My daughter

My daughters, spending time with them

My dog

My family

My family and my dog Lelah

My family makes me happy

My family makes me happy, and I make myself happy

My family, friends and nature. I actually find a lot of joy in just looking at nature

My family, grandkids

My family, my daughter, my granddaughter, my animals, my friends. I like being social

My family, my friends, my dogs, snowboarding and Colorado

My family, my kids, my grandkids, I absolutely love travel. I enjoy reading. I spend an extraordinary amount of time outside. Being outside is very important to me. I also swim and swimming is like my meditation

My family, watching the kids grow

My family. Which is supportive

My friends 

My friends and family

My friends and family and a sunny day

My girlfriend

My girlfriend, my family, my friends and clean sheets

My Grandkids

My grandpa. When I become an IIS collector or Doctor, he will be proud

My husband and son

My kid, moving in the right direction professionally

My kids

My kids and my family

My Mother [being] happy

My name is happy, I'm always happy

My religion

My son

My sons being happy

My two little ones

My wife, she smiles all the time

Nature at its best

New discoveries

Not getting hurt and having fun

Not many things

Old dogs

Opportunity, experimenting, vague notions of freedom, meeting strangers, special place I don't expect

Owning our own house

Parents

People

People and puppies

People being kind to me

Personally- I get satisfaction from from being able to put my best skills to positively affect the lives of others through teaching

Playing

Playing soccer

Playing video games

Playing video games and getting a new book

Playing volleyball

Playing with Claire [Sister]

Playing with dogs, having fun with cats and friends, and playing soccer

Playing with my grandson

Playing, boating, being at sea, golfing, recreational things

Reading

Relationships

Right now in my life booking a gig

Seeing improvement

Seeing my children and especially my grandchildren happy

Seeing my family

Seeing my fiancee at the end of the day

Seeing my kids and [my partner] happy Seeing my kids laugh and play together

Seeing others happy, my kids or even a stranger

Seeing people be nice to a stranger

Seeing people win what they worked hard for

Seeing people, making others happy

Seeing progress

Sex

Sex. We're still doing it, believe you me

Sharing with more than one person, the more the merrier

Simple things, people, being with people you care about, sunshine, climbing mountains, traveling, nature

Sitting in my backyard at dusk with a glass of wine

Six pack of beer and sitting on the beach with my wife

So many things, nature, the good in everything

Soccer

Socializing and meeting friends and family

Sometimes my friends, going on crazy adventures, doing jiu jitsu

Sparkles [Partner], the fact that spring comes every year, little kids being allowed to be kids and human inventions that solve really important problems. And excessive applications of unicorns

Spending more time with my family and not doing anything routine at all

Spending time with family

Spending time with my family

Spending time with my family and friends

Spending time with people I love

Spending time with the people and animals I care about

Spontaneity

Staying home with my parents

Still trying to discover that to be honest

Success

Success, being around family and friends, having genuine moments

Success, success of others

Sun and being with family and friends, spending time with them

Sun, love

Sunny days

Sunsets

Sunshine

Sunshine, happy people, dancing

Surfing and video games

Surprises

Synchrony

That's everything, friends, sports (I bowl 4 times a week), I guess staying active

The area, atmosphere and where I am

The boy [son]

The city at night

The fact that I'm able to indulge in all my daily activities

The fact that you can smile at a stranger and after 30 seconds of smiling the brain releases a chemical that makes you happy. So by smiling at someone you can make them happy too

The feeling of accomplishment

The future, the opportunity of a second chance

The idea that there is a resolution to pain and suffering

The look of a little baby when they look at you and you wonder what they are saying

The love and support of my family

The ocean, chocolate, steak, being close to people I care about, dancing

The opposite of hate or intolerance. Being able to imagine things and create it

The sun, friends, vacation, satisfying work

The VFW, social things

There's a lot of stuff- people helping the environment, those who help those that didn't have privileges, animals, the world that we live in, friends

There's so many things that make me happy, seeing my family happy

Things that are positive

To be outside, live in the Northwest. And spending time with friends

Traveling

Traveling, being out of debt

Understanding

Usually when I’m feeling healthy and I don’t have any adversaries around. When I’m jogging, feeling good.

Very generically, connections with people, family, friends, connections

Waking up in the morning. I'm just happy

Warmness

Watching my boys arrive. Having family that is healthy and getting along well

Watching my daughter grow

Watching my kids discover something new. I'm happy when I'm laughing and surrounded by people that make me laugh

Watching my kids succeed

Watching people do something kind to themselves or to somebody else and watching the positive chain reaction

Watching people grow and learn new things and hard work

When all the kids are at home

When all things are alright

When children are well

When Christmas time is here

When everybody is happy

When everybody is happy, playing, sunny, ice cream, cake

When everyone is doing well

When everyone is healthy and happy

When everyone is together

When I can do both TV and reading Garfield

When I connect with people in authentic ways, when I know I've lived up to the best me in that moment

When I do what I want

When I go on a tour with my friends

When I have no distractions and am blasting music

When I play sports

When I play with my friends

When I pray alone in the middle of the night and I'm alone with my creator

When I secure a good place and my ambition is met

When I see people come together

When I see people smile, makes you think everyone has a positive view. It makes things better.

When I try hard and work on something and it goes well

When I'm scoring good marks in my exams

When I'm with my [partner] and my daughters and talk with them by phone/Skype

When I'm with my family

When I'm with my family and friends

When I’m playing with my friends or in school when there’s no homework

When Miles [brother] and I play games

When Mom and Dad buy me things

When Mommy and Daddy are home

When my brothers play basketball with me

When my family is doing well, my wife and 3 kids. When the Huskies win it makes it even better

When my family is happy

When my Mom is happy

When my parents (and my dog) are happy. My family, dinner

When my sister does play with me

When other people succeed and I'm confident I had a hand in it.

When people are smiling

When people I care about surprise me with their creativity and vivaciousness

When people I love are doing well, especially my immediate family, my kids, husband and myself. We're able to enjoy our circumstances and having enough to be comfortable and do some of the things you want in life

When somebody makes me happy

When somebody says something really funny

When someone doesn't yell

When someone tells a joke

When someone who is vulnerable places their complete trust in me and it's warranted

When something comes to me, when I get something

When the family gets together

When they give back my toys

When things are going well in life

When we help needy people, it makes me happy

When you eat cake

When you feel a sense of accomplishment when you've completed a task, and when you see others happy

When you know those funny cat videos, dogs dancing or funny animals

Whenever [my daughter] is happy. Whenever she's happy, I'm happy

Whenever I feel success and whenever I make people happy or laugh

Whenever I'm out and about meeting people

Working around computers, going inside, coding. I also really like acting a lot

Young children