Not Too Seriously

Perhaps you remember the television commercial from years ago where the Dunkin' Donuts employee tiredly says, in the wee hours of the morning, that it is time for him to make the donuts.  Recently one of the monks at the hermitage confided to me that on some mornings when he gets out of bed, when it is still dark outside, he says, "Time to make the donuts."  Soon after this monk shared with me that he sometimes says this to himself soon after rising, in my head echoed the words that another monk at the hermitage had spoken to me months ago.  This other monk had told me, "We don't take ourselves too seriously here."