The Split Life: Are You Suffering Because of Your Shoulds and Oughts

Suffering comes from a split between who you are and who you think you should be, but there is a better way.

Charles Black M.D.
Mind Cafe
Published in
10 min readMay 5, 2024

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Photo by Charles Black and courtesy of Chuck Black Photography

You can be satisfied with your life as it is right now. All you need to do is live without being ruled by thoughts of how it should be or how you ought to act.

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Charles Black M.D.
Mind Cafe

Dr. Charles Black is a general surgeon, author, photographer, outdoorsman, world traveler and fireside philosopher. Website:https://chuckbphilosophy.com