For a majority of French people, happiness has to be worked on. And, according to a poll unveiled on Wednesday, those questioned succeed.
“What do you wait to be happy? For a large part of the French, these words, taken up by Patrick Bruel, are glaring with truth. Indeed, 65% of them consider that luck is provoked and that happiness is built, according to a new CSA survey carried out for the Coca-Cola brand, unveiled this Wednesday by Metronews.
The crisis does not depress the French
Despite a context of crisis, the morale of the French is in good shape: 66% say they are quite happy, and 16% of them say they are very happy. “A high figure which should make us relativize the impression of fed up and pessimism surrounding in times of crisis”, underlines Jean-Pierre Ternaux, honorary member of the CNRS and coordinator of the Observatory of happiness.
A smile or an “I love you”
What are the keys to happiness for citizens? Family and sentimental relationships are decisive. 4 out of ten French people say they are delighted by a smile or a “I love you” from their child or their spouse. The youngest, for their part, thrive more in a professional success or a festive evening in prospect.
Rituals and lucky charms
While 65% of French people think that happiness is above all a question of will, 35% think rather that it is above all a question of luck. “The French show themselves to be both completely rational – by making choices in their daily life to gradually move towards more pleasure, more well-being and more happiness – and irrational while nevertheless keeping a little on themselves. grigri ”, analyzes Jean-Pierre Ternaux.
Indeed, 16% of the people questioned declared having a lucky charm. The “luck” factor is mainly used in games or for health. Areas that are based precisely more on a notion of chance than will.
Superstitions that endure
If many French people display an iron will to be master of their destiny, this does not prevent them from being superstitious. The four-leaf clover brings good luck, the fact of touching wood to ward off fate or the fear of breaking a mirror on pain of seven years of misfortune remain traditions to which the French are still attached.
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