stackyFACTSHaving a sudden inner compulsion is generally fine unless it absolutely demands you take off your shoes and march through a freezing marketplace.
Having a sudden inner compulsion is generally fine unless it absolutely demands you take off your shoes and march through a freezing marketplace. The founder of Quakerism inexplicably felt commanded to wander through Lichfield in the dead of winter, intensely yelling highly bizarre prophecies about blood. It is precisely the kind of behavior that immediately guarantees a highly uncomfortable conversation with local authorities.
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