The Perfect Day (Day 108)

As the sun rises and fills our bedroom with warm glowing energy Kerri and I awake from a peaceful sleep. It’s around 9:00 am and Josh and Samantha are still asleep, we lie and discuss the events of yesterday and talk about our plans for yet another outstanding day in our lives.

We get up and put on our track pants and a t-shirt’s and head downstairs. Downstairs the sun shines in our living room window and our home feels warm and inviting. The dogs are up also and at the back door, looking to go out. We watch as they cross the patio and enter the yard, the lush green grass and the beautiful garden looks spectacular in the morning light. Our yard goes back for a few hundred feet and has a cedar fence that surrounds it. The dogs love to run and play in this open area. To the right is our kidney shaped pool and our tennis court.

As Kerri watches the dogs run and play from our patio in her big comfy chair, I prepare our morning shake that we love so much. What a great way to energize your body and give it a great start to the day. As we sit on the patio and enjoy the warm sun and each others company, Josh and Samantha head downstairs to start their day also.

Waffles and a smoothie is how their day starts. As I make their breakfast I enjoy the sound of Kerri and the children laughing and talking on the patio, as the dogs sit by them and watch the birds as they sing in the trees that surround our property.

As the morning unfolds the day gets warmer and it looks like a pool day for the children and their friends. Kerri and I decide to have a fun tennis match and a quick dip in the pool with the kids and their friends. The sound of laughter and joy fills our backyard and flows into our home.

Kerri and I go inside with the dogs to let the kids have some fun on their own. As we sit in the family room and enjoy each others company, we decide to have some friends over for lunch. Kerri and I go upstairs and have a hot shower together in our walk-in stone and glass shower, the jets hit us from all directions and makes your skin tingle with pleasure.

We pull on shorts and a t-shirt and go downstairs to great our friends as they pull up into our driveway. At this point the kids are all getting hungry and I start the BBQ for all our guests, Kerri and the girls are making salads and the atmosphere is light, happy, and stress free, we simply are just enjoys each others company and the outstanding day.

After a great lunch with good friends and all the kids, Kerri and her girlfriend run out for a bit (do some girlfriend things). This works out great for me also; I can make a few calls and check on a few things in my office. The kids have finished lunch and are cleaning up the kitchen and probably going back in the pool.







My office is just next to our bedroom and has a peaceful feeling about it. I love to sit at my desk and talk to our team and see what's new in their lives. Our team is a close group, and we support each other in all aspects of the business. We are truly a team that cares for one another.

My business is Isagenix, and it creates and income of 100k per month for our family. I also have a company called Learning Social Marketing that assists and guides Network marketers through this business; it creates my list and brings true leaders into my Isagenix business. I also create e-books and launch new learning material once or twice per year, this usually bring in 1-2 million per project, this business is outstanding to say the least:0)

The members of my team are fantastic people, and individuals that I can call my friends as well as business partners. They care about others growth and success in this industry and I love that about our team. I work when I feel like working 90% of the time; the other 10% is unexpected calls or situations that need my expertise in particular.
If I work 3 hours per day that would be max. and that is the way we like it.

As I sit at my desk I feel proud and grateful all at once, proud of what I have created and build through my belief and faith in ME and the choices I made in life.

Grateful for what the universe has brought into my life, the joy, happiness, peace, and love that fill my life each day. I am blessed to have found this path for my family, and at peace with the decisions I made in getting to this place that I sit today!

I have also been blessed to have a wife that supports me, stands by me, and never shows any doubt in me and my decisions in business and life. She shows our family an unconditional love that is only matched by my love for her and our children. We enjoy each others company and call each other best friends! My time with her and our children is what means the most to me in this world.

My children have a pure and giving heart, they are not afraid to show love and passion for things they care about in life. Others opinions and views are respected but never waiver them from doing what they feel is right in life. They are independent and confident is all tasks they face.

Our love as a family is stronger then any bond on this planet, we love and support one another, and show love to all others that enter our lives. We try to always provide positive energy to the world.






As Kerri returns she enters our home to laughter and joy that flows from the pool area and fills each room. The smell of fresh cut flowers meets her at the door, for she loves fresh flowers and I always have them for her each and every week. It is one of few material things that she asks for in life, she is one beautiful caring individual, and I am blessed to call her my wife.

She finds the dogs and I on the master bedroom patio reading and enjoying a glass of red wine, me that is not the dogsJ We have plans to go out for supper and she has picked me up a new pair of shoes and a jacket for the evening, she always has something for all of us even when we don’t expect it. She picked Josh up a new ball cap he loved and Samantha a skirt she was looking at the other day. Not big things but something that makes the kids smile and grateful to have Kerri as a mother. Her giving heart and always thinking of others is one of the aspects we all love about her.

Josh and Samantha have plans with their friends so it’s just Kerri and I tonight, the kids often join us when we go out, they love doing things together as a family. So tonight is mom and dad time.

The drive to the restaurant is beautiful, the sun is still shining and the drive is spectacular, the majestic trees and the river that flows just down the road from our home gurgles and meanders as it twists toward the pond further inland. The smell of fresh cut grass fills the air as we pass by our neighbors cutting their lawn, the gardens are in full bloom and the smells of summer fill the air. We are blessed!

As we park the vehicle and enter the restaurant we are greeting by the cutest little girl at the desk, her dark hair, brown eyes and smile light up the room. She takes us to our table that has 2 lit candles and in nestled in a quit corner just made for two.

We each have a glass of red wine and place our orders, Kerri has the pasta and I go for the sea food, but we start with nachos as per usual. That‘s our thing:0. We talk about upcoming events and things that are happening in the children's lives and we enjoy one another's company. We discuss how blessed we have been in our lives and thankful for all that God has placed in our path. The meal is outstanding and the service impeccable, we pay the bill and leave a fine tip and head back home to see the dogs.

As we pull up the driveway we open the garage and out comes our 2 beautiful dogs, happy and eager to welcome us home. The sun is slowly fading away and the calm evening air is clean and fresh as we walk the dogs near the path by the river. As the 4 of us walk the path the sound of the river and the birds lead us to believe we are part of nature and all is well. We pass some neighbors along the walk and we all concur that life is amazing and we have been blessed to be present in nature at that time and place.





As we return home the dogs go to their favorite spot on the patio and curl up on their beds. Kerri and I cuddle up with a blanket and light the fire, just for effect, the night air is calm and still warm. We sit together on the overstuffed wicker couch we have on the patio, this seems to be our spot in the evening.

As we sit and reflect on the great day we had, Josh and the then Samantha return home and join us under the stars on the patio as the fire crackles and the dogs begin to snore. The kids tell us about their evening with friends, and the great time they had today at the pool with friends and family.

As we sit together as a family and share in each others joy and happiness we all give thanks for the outstanding life we are living and the direction that this path has taken for us.

Truly if it was one perfect day for me, it was this one. Time with my family and friends, quit time for reflection, time with team members and friends, time as a couple, time with nature, time with my dogs, showing gratitude and blessings for the abundance in our lives. This is what my perfect day looks like; it’s one that I could live with each and every day…..


Shawn Murphy
Shawn @shawnfmurphy.com