Seven Powerful Reasons Why You Should Spend Your Tax Refund On Learning To Play The Piano

“Hooray, hooray, it’s tax refund day!” Your hard earned money being given back to you — it’s always a good moment. But what will you spend it on? Maybe a vacation — which will be nothing but a few photographs and a fading suntan in a few weeks. Or a new dress — which will be out of fashion and consigned to the Goodwill within a few months. Even a new laptop would only last a few years at best.

Why not buy yourself a gift which will last your whole lifetime, which will grow and get better over time, and which will please not only you, but your family and friends? Here are seven powerful reasons why you should spend your tax refund on learning to play the piano.

Because it will give your confidence and self-esteem a huge boost:

Learning to play the piano to a reasonable standard is within the reach of all, yet it seems like such a difficult thing to achieve. Imagine the sense of pride when, after you have put in a reasonable amount of effort, you will be able to sit down and play a recognizable and pleasing tune. You’re going to feel great!

Because it will enhance your knowledge of and love of music and musicians:

There’s nothing like playing the piano, queen of all the instruments, for sharpening your understanding of and appreciation of music. When next you listen to a piece by Brahms, Chopin, or even Elton John, you will have an deeper and more developed sense of the beauty of the melody, tempo and harmonies, and of the skill of the performer.

Because learning something new develops the mind and keeps us young:

Sometimes as we get older, we can get stuck in a rut. We are masters of all we survey, and we know it all, right? Yet learning the piano is like having a new universe to discover — full of challenges, joys and rewards. When we learn new things, it actually prevents our brain from getting old and dull before its time. It enhances all aspects of life and learning, sharpens us up, raises our game all around. It’s a daily workout for the brain.

Because it improves coordination and flexibility:

The motor skills needed to learn to play the piano, the coordination of hands and feet, the dexterity required from the fingers, are excellent for both young and old. Perhaps your fingers are starting to stiffen up — playing the piano will bring back flexibility as muscles and tendons are stretched an exercised. Even posture can be improved by regular piano playing.

Because the piano can become the centerpiece of the home:

Once you can play the piano, then your piano becomes the living centerpiece of the home. A place where family and friends gather to enjoy music, sing and generally make merry, just like in the old days. It may sound corny, but people do yearn for those days when we were able to make our own entertainment. And although we feel so secure in our high tech society, we know that it only takes a power outage to have us clustered around the candles and wondering how to entertain ourselves. What better than a sing song?

Because it’s a great example to the younger ones in the family:

We’re always stressing the importance of education and accomplishments, yet how many of us demonstrate in our own lives that we value continuing education? Learning to play the piano shows children and grandchildren that we aren’t just playing lip service to those ideas, but that we really mean them. Young people around you will be encouraged by your example, and when they observe your attitude towards things like practicing, attention to detail and the like, they are going to adopt those attitudes in their own lives.

Because it’s a totally joyful thing to do:

Do any of us have enough joy in our lives? Do we wake up and look forward to each and every day? Music, with its capability of inspiring, entertaining, encouraging and simply giving tremendous pleasure, is one of the ingredients in the frosting on the cake of life. And who doesn’t love to eat the frosting?

So don’t fritter that tax refund away on something which will melt away like a soap bubble on a hot day. Spend it on something that will last forever — learn to play the piano – why not start today?