OMG, you have excelled yourself with this one Benighted. The poem is gift to my soul. The idea that my compass has been faulty resonates. But surrender is definitely the way to go. Can I share a Rumi quote with you I found recently that also speaks to me? It goes:

"When I run after what I think I want, my days are a furnace of stress and anxiety;

if I sit in my own place of patience, what I need flows to me, and without pain.

From this, I understand that what I want also wants me, is looking for me and attracting me.

There is a great secret here for anyone who can grasp it."

-Rumi

Sending love and gratitude, A💚🙏