important vs urgent

i love to see the temple. and yes, i'm going there someday.

when? i'm not sure yet. but i know i'm going.

the words of one of my favorite primary songs say it best:

i love to see the temple. i'm going there someday
to feel the holy spirit, to listen and to pray.
for the temple is a house of God, a place of love and beauty.
i'll prepare myself while i am young - this is my sacred duty.
i love to see the temple. i'll go inside someday.
i'll covenant with my father. i'll promise to obey
for the temple is a holy place where we are sealed together.
as a child of God i've learned this truth - a family is forever.

so lately i've been feeling the pressure. big time. for a lot of things. school. work. finances. relationships. e t c . so on saturday i decided to go sit at the temple. not do any ordinances or anything. simply sit and take in the feeling there. so i did. and it was phenomenal. i just sat in the waiting room for a few hours. watched people come and go for several weddings (i saw 6 brides come out in the time i was there... busy day at the temple). and i was calmed. my mind was cleared. the questions in my mind weren't necessarily answered, but i think i realized what did and didn't matter. as a good friend of mine says:

put the important things first, and the urgent things second.

its important to realize what really matters and what you can put off and worry about later. and sometimes the things that need to be done now aren't necessarily the important things. but we get so caught up in them that we forget some of the important things. but i think that perspective was something i needed to remember. and being at the temple helped me do that. its so lovely there. i don't go there enough.