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Roger Harty: What Is Grace?

Roger Harty: What Is Grace?

April 30, 2017 at 11:59 am Comments are Disabled

THE thing about Grace is that by its very nature it is intertwined with belief in God. Now the subject of God has intrigued and baffled mankind for millennia and I certainly am not trying to impose my views on anyone. But for the purpose of this article, as I have […]

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Roger Harty: A Chance Encounter

Roger Harty: A Chance Encounter

April 16, 2017 at 10:55 am 2 comments

I was downtown Tralee recently having a cup of coffee and as I was making my way back up the main street, a stranger asked me as to the whereabouts of a local bookshop. Knowing the answer, I was delighted to oblige and I was about to walk away when […]

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Roger Harty: The Cloak

Roger Harty: The Cloak

April 9, 2017 at 11:57 am Comments are Disabled

A few years ago I visited Scotland and while I was there I was enlightened as to the versatility of the traditional Scottish kilt. The traditional kilt was more like a wrap-around and, as such, had many benefits especially if a Scots warrior wanted to venture off into the Highlands […]

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Roger Harty: True Courage

Roger Harty: True Courage

March 26, 2017 at 11:13 am Comments are Disabled

WHAT is very helpful here is to look at the etymology of the word ‘Courage’. It comes from the French word ‘le coeur’ meaning Heart. So when we talk and act from ‘The Heart’ we are showing true courage. Where is the evidence of this? All we need to do is […]

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Roger Harty: Charity

Roger Harty: Charity

March 12, 2017 at 11:23 am Comments are Disabled

I SUPPOSE a good place to begin with anything is at the start and a good place to start here is in the dictionary. Charity is described as ‘Charitable giving is the act of giving money, goods or time to the unfortunate, either directly or by means of a charitable […]

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Roger Harty: What Is Hope?

Roger Harty: What Is Hope?

March 5, 2017 at 11:43 am Comments are Disabled

HOPE is the ability to see the light in the darkest of situations. They say the difference between a pessimist and an optimist is as follows… A pessimist is a person who sees the difficulty in every opportunity.  An optimist is a person who sees the opportunity in every difficulty. Hope […]

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Roger Harty: What Is Faith?

Roger Harty: What Is Faith?

February 19, 2017 at 11:10 am Comments are Disabled

FAITH, in layman’s terms,  is concentrating on a process knowing that it will work. The key word here is ‘knowing’. In other words you don’t believe it will work (belief is an opinion!) you know it will work. You see, true knowing is not leaving any room for doubt. In […]

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Roger Harty: The Real Beauty of Icons

Roger Harty: The Real Beauty of Icons

February 12, 2017 at 10:56 am 1 comment

IF we are to be honest I’m sure even though we might not like to admit it there is a bit of a detective hidden in all of us. I used to love watching the TV detective ‘Columbo’ many years ago, when he would turn around at the last minute […]

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Roger Harty: John Egan Is A True Gentlemen Like His Legendary Dad

Roger Harty: John Egan Is A True Gentlemen Like His Legendary Dad

January 28, 2017 at 8:55 am Comments are Disabled

Roger Harty was in London recently where he met John Egan – son of the late Kerry GAA great – who plays soccer with Championship side Brentford who face Chelsea today and says the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree… THE word legend is a word that should not be bandied […]

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Roger Harty: Thank You

Roger Harty: Thank You

January 22, 2017 at 10:06 am Comments are Disabled

THE sages say that perhaps the most powerful feelings that we can endow ourselves with is that of gratitude, and the easiest way to express that feeling is to say a simple yet sincere ‘Thank You’. Last week I wrote an article about the importance of tradition and culture in our […]

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Roger Harty: Tradition And Culture

Roger Harty: Tradition And Culture

January 15, 2017 at 11:29 am 2 comments

DID you ever hear the comment passed about someone –‘He’s a nice man but there is no real depth to him’? What does this word ‘depth’ mean and is it important if he is a nice man? Well I suppose nice is good but if we really want to develop […]

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Roger Harty: Yahweh

Roger Harty: Yahweh

January 1, 2017 at 11:54 am 2 comments

ABOUT 10 years ago I was first introduced to a book called ‘The Power of Now’ by Eckhart Tolle – it is a testament to this book that it has sold over 30 million copies worldwide. At first I couldn’t make  head nor tail of it and I put it away […]

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Roger Harty: The Art Of Kaizan

Roger Harty: The Art Of Kaizan

December 18, 2016 at 10:50 am 1 comment

‘KAIZEN’ is a Japanese word meaning ‘good change’ but it is used in business terms meaning the philosophy of ‘continuous effort at improvement’. The great Toyota car company in Japan would be a good example of the kaizen philosophy at work. As I have often said, there is a huge […]

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Roger Harty: Ego (Part 2)

Roger Harty: Ego (Part 2)

December 11, 2016 at 11:46 am Comments are Disabled

THREE simple letters, yet they have so much influence on our lives and certainly on our happiness. There is an old, but wise saying that goes as follows – ‘Be careful what you tell yourself’. A good question here is to ask why do we have to be so careful? The […]

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Roger Harty: Ego

Roger Harty: Ego

December 4, 2016 at 11:25 am 1 comment

I PURPOSEFULLY left this little word stand alone in its own right without adding or subtracting  to the title. I suppose the underlying reason for this is to show how three simple letters can describe something (is it even a thing?) that can play such a powerful part in our lives. […]

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Roger Harty: The Difference Between Success And Happiness

Roger Harty: The Difference Between Success And Happiness

November 27, 2016 at 11:13 am 3 comments

SUCCESS: Is having what you want. Happiness: Is wanting what you have. Very often we hear in life ‘don’t take things literally’, but in this case, I think to get the full meaning and benefit of the above mentioned definitions, it is important to take every word literally as it was […]

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Roger Harty: The Importance Of The Word Abstract

Roger Harty: The Importance Of The Word Abstract

November 20, 2016 at 10:19 am Comments are Disabled

OK, this article is a little tricky, but that’s ok with me because the word ‘Abstract’ is a little tricky. Useful quote: If you change the way you look at the world; the world you look at changes – Wayne Dyer. Right let’s get down to business. If I asked most […]

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Roger Harty: The Art Of Listening

Roger Harty: The Art Of Listening

November 13, 2016 at 11:11 am Comments are Disabled

I WROTE in my article last week (click here) that the greatest gift that we can give another human being is our presence. Let me elaborate further on this statement that the greatest form of Presence we can give is a genuine listening ear. Continued below… That would certainly be ‘The […]

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Roger Harty: The Way We Communicate

Roger Harty: The Way We Communicate

November 6, 2016 at 12:02 pm 1 comment

HAVE you ever been flabbergasted when presented with a certain piece of information? I am going to reveal to you one occasion when this happened to me. My first reaction was that this couldn’t be right. I was so amazed that I can remember exactly where I was at the time […]

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Roger Harty: ‘Oneness’

Roger Harty: ‘Oneness’

October 30, 2016 at 12:16 pm 1 comment

WHAT is ‘Oneness’? Well it is absence of ‘Twoness’. I know and accept that this is a corny answer but there might just be something in it. You see, what I refer to as ‘Twoness’ is often referred to as duality in psychology. Duality, in other words, means moving into […]

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Roger Harty: Music – A Window To Our Souls

Roger Harty: Music – A Window To Our Souls

October 23, 2016 at 9:58 am 1 comment

IF I was to give an analogy, then I think a very good one would be that of food. Without doubt many people have a love for convenience food, whether it be takeaway burgers and chips or tasty snacks like pizzas, chocolate bars and crisps (AKA junk food). They may […]

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Roger Harty: Why I Love Latin

Roger Harty: Why I Love Latin

October 9, 2016 at 12:06 pm Comments are Disabled

IT is nearly 40 years since I studied Latin for my Junior Cert (Inter Cert as it was then!) in St Brendan’s College in Killarney. Latin and Greek in language terms were known as ‘the classics’ and all I can say is tempus fugit (time flies). Honesty is the best […]

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Roger Harty: Searching For Happiness

Roger Harty: Searching For Happiness

October 2, 2016 at 9:12 am 1 comment

THERE was a belief not that long ago that the world was flat. Because that was the belief, it was therefore not surprising that all thoughts that were generated at that time arose on the assumption that the world was indeed flat. Thus there was huge fear generated at that time, […]

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Roger Harty: Songs About Time

Roger Harty: Songs About Time

September 25, 2016 at 11:05 am 1 comment

ARTISTS often fascinate me, especially for the way they give us an insight into the manner of how we live our lives. Art is a very broad term as it can include painting, music, prose, poetry, writing etc. etc. but for the purpose of this article music is the one I […]

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Roger Harty: The Importance Of Drinking Water

Roger Harty: The Importance Of Drinking Water

September 18, 2016 at 9:56 am 1 comment

I WAS in John B Keane’s pub in Listowel last Friday night celebrating the last hurrah of the Listowel races. I must say there is something about the human body that loves routine and just like sheep, there is certain routine that we follow like clockwork – especially in Kerry – […]

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Roger Harty: Spacemen Coming To Earth

Roger Harty: Spacemen Coming To Earth

September 4, 2016 at 10:01 am 1 comment

I MUST admit that I have never been a great fan of Star Wars movies and their ilk, as I found them to be futuristic and perhaps a bit too unrealistic for my liking. In simple terms, what are now referred to as sci-fi (a film genre that uses science fiction) […]

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Roger Harty: Stand By The Radiators And Keep Away From The Fridges

Roger Harty: Stand By The Radiators And Keep Away From The Fridges

August 28, 2016 at 8:28 am 1 comment

I CAME across this nugget of advice many years ago and I can honestly say that it is one that has really stood the test of time for me. Like anything else that is good, it only works if applied. Let’s break it down. Stand by the Radiators:  Keep in […]

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Roger Harty: The Beach Boys

Roger Harty: The Beach Boys

August 14, 2016 at 12:38 pm Comments are Disabled

  WITHOUT a shadow of a doubt, I believe it is safe to say that one of the most iconic American groups of the ‘60’s and ‘70’s was the Beach Boys. They represented the all – surfin’, fun-packed, sun worshiping, beach- loving image of the Californian dream amongst the youth culture […]

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Roger Harty: Welcome The Rain

Roger Harty: Welcome The Rain

July 31, 2016 at 9:49 am 1 comment

I HAVE been writing this column on a weekly basis for nearly two and a half years now and one of the first articles that I wrote about is all about attitude. Basically attitude (approach) to life is everything. If we have the right attitude to any given situation in life […]

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Roger Harty: Fear (Continued)

Roger Harty: Fear (Continued)

July 24, 2016 at 9:59 am 1 comment

LAST week I wrote an article about Fear (click here). The essence of the article was that psychological fear wasn’t real i.e. that there is no imminent danger. Thus I expressed that type of fear using the acronym F alse E xpectations A ppearing R eal As the expectations are false (not real) […]

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