(If this is in the wrong thread, sorry! And, mod, please move it to the correct one!) To try and make a long story short, here goes.

A couple weekends back, early in the morning, I ran outside and broke up / scared away a group of 4 dogs that were attacking a cat. I rescued him, brought him into the house, and tried to make him as comfortable as possible. (There wasn't anything I could do. I didn't have any money, nor the transportation at my disposal, and the local vet here is closed on the weekends.) He passed away early that evening. (Not knowing who this cat's owner was and not about to carry around a dead cat in an accept to find and return the body to whoever his owner was) I respectfully buried him in the back of the yard, burnt an inscense stick, and said a prayer for him.

However, thought I didn't hear it / sense it from my guides at first, I ended up picking up the feeling of it wasn't my place to feel sad or sorry for this cat because he passed or feel guilty because of what I wasn't able to do. If I were to feel anything, I was suppose to feel happy because his time here was over, he learned what he had to in that physical form, in this life, and got to go back home.
(I could go into a huge discussion about this one, but to make this very very VERY long version short, I've learned from my own memories, meditation, and guides astrally escorting me to a few places, what comes after our physical form on this dimension can no longer support or keep the connection with our soul / spirit / whatever you wanna call it. It's like getting to go to school overseas, to learn, teach, and experience, then you get to come back home, go over what you've learned, maybe take a bit of time off to relax, then, if you want, you get to go back to that 'school' i.e. the physical realm. This isn't up for chatter and I'm not making this the point of my post. If it resonates with you, good. If not, that's okay too.)
I've been thinking about this whole situation on and off for the past couple of days and the more I do, the more clear of a message I get that I'm not suppose to feel sorry or sad for what happened. If anything, I have the right to feel happy for him. He lived his life here. He learned what he needed to. He got to pass over in a quiet, peaceful enviroment and that that's how and where he chose to 'die' at. (I honestly can't say 'die' or 'death' any more since those come off as sounding so 'final', and sure 'death' is something final for the physical form, but we continue on. Simple as that.)

I guess I'm just sorta split between the spiritual and physical aspects of this.
Okay. Sure. I didn't know this cat. I didn't get to bond with him and love him with I've done with the other cats in my life.
And yet, I'm sad over this loss.
Then again, on the other hand, I'm genuinely happy that he got to live this life, learn what he needed to, got to leave this realm the way he wanted, and go back home.

So... how should I accept this? I'm just sorta lost between the physical and spiritual sides of this and can't really seem to find any comfortable, single solution for this and to move on past it. (Or maybe I'm just thinking WAY too hard about something that is extraordinarily simple. I should just say a prayer of 'thanks' and be on my merry little way.)