Radical life and choices

Reading through the opening address of the Rector Major on the occasion of the official inauguration of the General Chapter 27 (GC 27) of the Salesians of Don Bosco, I was quite struck by the following point made by Fr Pascual Chavez

At times there is a tendency to identify our being radical with  perfection or seeking it, but it is not so: we do not expect fruit from a small plant, and even more so from a seed just planted in the ground, but that it puts down good, deep roots. For someone who wants to enter Salesian life, or religious life in general, we cannot demand that he be "holy" (unfortunately, at times, not even after many years of consecrated life) unless he is well-rooted/radical in his life choices ...  I believe this has implications for formation ...