Daily Archives: April 8, 2014

Grey hair portrays wisdom. In the days of yore our great grandparents would sit around a fire place and narrate educative stories to the youngsters. These stories made them very brave and determined to face the future. They were taught how to overcome difficulties and thereafter instill good into them. However, it’s sad that everything has vanished and perished in the wilderness. We began to wait for a renaissance which I think to be a dream.

In the early years of the 19^th Century, there was a young gentleman named John Melchior Bosco. Through sheer hard work and persistent studies he was ordained a Priest for abandoned youth. He eventually came up with the idea of The Oratory where he could gather them on a Sunday for Christian upbringing. He gave ample time for games apart from music and Sunday instruction. But a singular feature of the day was “The Good-Night-Talk” before the boys could head for slumber. And to this day the Salesians of Don Bosco have been faithful to this Tradition of the Good Night. Is this not the renaissance I have been dreaming of?