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The radiant songstress Kylie Minogue, whose voice has carried joy to millions, once spoke of a simple yet profound truth: “I love to have a bath with beautiful, relaxing music on and have no rush to do anything. It’s a wonderful indulgence, and it helps me to calm down and stop my mind running overtime.” Though these words speak of something quiet and personal, they carry the wisdom of the ancients: that peace is not found in endless striving, but in stillness; that balance is not won through noise, but through silence and harmony.

To speak of a bath with music is to speak of ritual. For in that moment, the body is cleansed, and the spirit is soothed. The water embraces the weary frame, while melody embraces the restless mind. It is not merely hygiene, but renewal. The ancients knew this well—Romans gathered in their baths not only to wash, but to heal and to reflect. Japanese onsen, too, were places where body and soul were purified together. Thus, Minogue’s words echo an eternal practice: the art of using simple rituals to restore inner harmony.

She calls it a wonderful indulgence, but in truth, it is more than indulgence—it is medicine. For in a world that demands constant movement, the act of pausing, of having no rush to do anything, is an act of rebellion and of wisdom. The mind, left unchecked, runs in circles, a restless beast that exhausts its keeper. But when we step into calmness, when we clothe ourselves in music and stillness, we tame the beast. We give ourselves the gift of rest, and from that rest flows renewed strength.

History offers us examples. Consider the philosopher Seneca, who warned against the fever of constant busyness in ancient Rome. He declared that a man who cannot pause, who never reflects, loses himself in trivial pursuits and forgets the meaning of life. Or think of Buddha, who left behind a palace of ceaseless activity to sit beneath a tree in silence. Both knew what Minogue expresses: that to calm the mind, one must choose stillness, and in stillness, one discovers clarity.

Minogue also speaks of music, that eternal companion of the soul. It is not any music, but relaxing music, that slows the heart and quiets the storm within. Science today affirms what the ancients always believed—that melody has the power to heal, to ease anxiety, to soothe the spirit. Thus, the joining of water and music becomes a sacred union: one tending to the body, the other to the soul. Together they restore wholeness.

The lesson here is timeless: one must not always strive, nor always labor. There must be moments when we pause, when we indulge not in excess, but in peace. To live without such moments is to burn one’s spirit like a candle at both ends. To live with them is to endure, refreshed and renewed. True strength does not come from constant effort, but from the rhythm of effort and rest, work and renewal.

Practically, this means: create sacred pauses in your life. It may be a bath with music, a walk in silence, or a moment of still breathing. Whatever form it takes, let it be free of hurry, free of demand. Let it be a time when you step outside the rush of the world and return to yourself. Protect these moments as treasures, for they will grant you the energy to face all else.

So let Kylie Minogue’s gentle wisdom guide us: to calm the restless mind, to embrace beauty and stillness, and to allow ourselves moments of quiet indulgence. For in those moments we do not waste time—we reclaim it. We discover that peace is not the absence of life, but the essence of life itself, flowing like water and singing like music within us.