Living In The Real World

A conversation that may not yet have happened but I would love to hear between two American parents and their 18 year old son.

"Danny, your mom and I love you very much and are worried about your future. You must live in the REAL world. You are living in a bubble. How are you going to live like this? It is a fantasy world you are in! Therefore mom and I have decided that we really want you to spend AT LEAST the next five years in Yeshiva studying Torah and devoting yourself to spiritual pursuits. Otherwise there is no way you can merit true life in this world and the next. Eternity is a LOOOONG time. The only way to get it is with Torah and mitzvos. This world is alma di'shikra - a world of falsehood. The next world is the true world and you must prepare. At some point you may have to go to work to support your family but in the meantime I will fully support you so that you can become a talmid chochom. This world was created according to the gemara so that we have yiras shomyim. This world of falsehood distances you from Hashem and kedusha!! You need to escape to the pure world of Torah and yiras shomayim. We hope you understand and feel as we do. To paraphrase a quote I saw recently - "How sad to die and realize that you never lived."