sometimes it is hard to tell the difference between being mary vs. martha, and the man given 5 talents vs. the man given 1 talent

to go into further detail
1 mary sat at the feet of jesus, listened and took time out when it was needed
martha rushed around working, cleaning, cooking etc.
2 the man given 5 talents (an ammount of money) used his gift for good and came back with 10 talents
the man given 1 talent buried it and didn't use his gift for good

in the first story mary was doing the best thing by not doing anything, in the second the man who used his gifts was doing the right thing...

sometimes people just get the two confused