The choice makes sense from the perspective of someone who is trying to preserve the bubble that is the Amish life. I don't mean 'bubble' negatively. I think a lifestyle separated and sheltered from our fast-changing world has its values. But that choice is too cruel when you think about the person that will have to make such a choice. Do you give up the community you have for a chance to understand and explore yourself and the world? Personally, I feel that the reason a person can be so courageous in life (to go out and challenge yourself as well as the bigger world) is thanks to the stability from your family and close friends - knowing that whatever you do they will continue to be beside you. How does one cut out a whole community that has been their whole entire life once? I mean it is possible but also incredibly scary and difficult. Going into a whole new world that no one has ever taught you about is hard enough without considering the fact that you have no one to depend on during that transition.
The choice makes sense from the perspective of someone who is trying to preserve the bubble that is the Amish life. I don't mean 'bubble' negatively. I think a lifestyle separated and sheltered from our fast-changing world has its values. But that choice is too cruel when you think about the person that will have to make such a choice. Do you give up the community you have for a chance to understand and explore yourself and the world? Personally, I feel that the reason a person can be so courageous in life (to go out and challenge yourself as well as the bigger world) is thanks to the stability from your family and close friends - knowing that whatever you do they will continue to be beside you. How does one cut out a whole community that has been their whole entire life once? I mean it is possible but also incredibly scary and difficult. Going into a whole new world that no one has ever taught you about is hard enough without considering the fact that you have no one to depend on during that transition.