Even a Sparrow

From the Daniloff Tarot, the Four of Swords; from the Kuan Yin Oracle, "Phoenix Feathers" (verse 93):

There are times when we must call a truce with our mind; we stop trying to force it to solve a problem or come up with an innovative creative idea. Otherwise, we're just a tire stuck in the mud, spinning and spinning but going nowhere. It is exhausting. The Kuan Yin verse reads:

Even a sparrow does not respect a phoenix

whose feathers are soaked in the rain.

One day the heavens will clear

and her soggy feather will change back to a cloak.

Trying to fit those square pegs in the round hole can make us lose it emotionally, 'soaking our feathers.' It generally has the effect of taking our logical mind offline, which is when the mind truce is handy. We take a break or sleep on it, coming back to it later with a clearer, fresh mind.