Dealing with guilt

Guilt is an interesting thing. Guilt is an affective state in which one experiences conflict at having done something one believes one should not have done. I am experiencing that conflict because I've given up the dogs and I believe and feel that I should not have given them up. It may well be the right thing to do, but I perceive that it was the wrong thing to do. I also feel guilty because there is a part of me that truly wanted to give up the dogs to make my life easier. I was told that re-homing a dog is the worse thing you can do and I believed that and feel guilty for wanting to give them up. Freud said 'to feel guilty is not to be guilty'. Just because I feel guilt doesn't make it a truth.

What is true? Giving up the dogs was the best thing for them and for me. It is okay that a part of me, the stressed out part, wanted to give them up to make our lives easier. Re-homing a dog is not the worse thing you can do. Keeping a dog in an inappropriate environment is the worse thing you can do. I love them and want the best life for them. I miss them and it is sad to be without them, but life is easier and less stressful with them gone. That's the honest truth.