Journal #9

There are many emotional situations that I have been in. During an emotional situation it is very easy to not think rationally and go purely based on your emotions. However, usually it works out better if you use a raional approach to solve the problem. About a year ago, the best dog in the whole world, Harley, became very sick. My whole family loved Harley. He was really the best dog in the whole world. We came home from work and school and Harley just would not get up from where he was laying. We all knew it just was not right. Harley always came to the door and jumped and licked all over is. We decided to take him to the vet because we just knew that something was wrong. The vet ended up telling us that Harley had cancer and it was going to be almost impossible to cure and that he would be in extreme pain. Of course we all wanted Harley to stay with us and keep playing with us and keep being the best dog in the world. Of course if we lead with our emotions then we would have had Harley stay with us. However, we had to think of what was best for him. What would be the rational thing to do. We decided that we had to put Harley to sleep. It was one of the hardest things that I have had to do because he was like my best friend, but it just would not be okay if we did not put him down because he would be suffering all the time. It was a horrible thing for my brother, my mom, my dad, and I but it had to be done. There are many times when I look at the pictures in my house and think God I miss that dog. He was perfect. I just have to force myself to remember what we did was the right thing for him and he is no longer in pain, even though we all might be emotionally.