This Blessed House

Twinkle and her husband were quite the characters. As I read, reread, and discussed the story in class I realized how different both characters really are. It almost seems as they are complete opposites. During our class discussion, one of the questions we were asked was, what character do you relate with? Since then I began to ask myself whether I am more like Sanjeev or like Twinkle? As we discussed each character, I noticed how spunky and crazy Twinkle is-maybe too much for me. She’s always exploring the house to find her next treasure. I was reminded of a child looking for a toy. They search everywhere until they find something to entertain them, then they are satisfied. Twinkle was not just searching for treasure but also wanted to display it for all to see and then she would be happy. Twinkle almost seemed to not care as much about the guests that would soon be coming or what other arrangements or fixings needed to be done around the house she was usually in a world of her own.

Her husband Sanjeev on the other hand was always worrying about what needed to get done around the house. He was always rushing from place to place trying to have the necessary preparations ready for when their guests should arrive. He didn’t car for the findings that his wife discovered. I think he almost wished would care more about what needed to be done than those “treasures” she was constantly in search of. Even when the guests arrived he didn’t spend much time with them. He spent most of his time making sure the food never ran out, and cleaning up.

After discussing and thinking about these two very different characters I am still not sure who I relate with. I can be a little crazy sometimes, and my friends can testify that I go overboard with things that I enjoy doing instead of doing what I should be doing. But I am also very careful of making sure that everything goes just as planned. I like to be sure that people feel comfortable when visiting. I guess it just comes down to having a balance. We should not be too careful that we become careless of other things but not too careless because then we just wont care.

During their dinner, Twinkle was entertaining the guests while Sanjeev was making sure there was plenty of food and drinks. He being the character he is cared more about the food than spending time with his guests. As I read this section I was reminded of the story of Mary and Martha serving Jesus. Martha was more like Sanjeev, preparing the food and worrying about everything that needed to get done. Mary seems to be Twinkle, they both sat and talked with their guests. I guess there’s just a time and place for everything, a time to serve but also taking the time to simply fellowship with one another.