Broken Arrow

 

Who’s Going To Bring You
A Broken Arrow?
By Jim “Gymbeaux” Brown, October 8, 2025

If you have never heard the song “Broken Arrow” by Rod Steward, the term “broken arrow” may not mean much to you, especially when watching old time Western Movies which are no longer routinely aired on television.  You can watch/listen to Rod Stewart by going to:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d-BGmHVFa0&list=RD9d-BGmHVFa0&start_radio=1

We can learn a great deal from the American Indians’ way of life and their belief system.  If you look up the meaning behind a “broken arrow” being delivered to  you on ChatGPT, this is how it describes its meaning:

In the context of the song “Broken Arrow”, the line is poetic and symbolic. Here’s what it generally means:

·         “Broken arrow” is a Native American symbol meaning peace — breaking an arrow meant the end of fighting.

·         In the song, it’s used romantically to mean a gesture of love, surrender, and devotion.

·         So, when someone asks, “Who’s gonna bring you his broken arrow?”, they’re really asking:

Who’s going to bring you peace, love, and devotion?

Who’s going to care for you and give you, their heart?

 

In 2025, it is so very obvious that we all need more and more people willing to bring to others, a broken arrow thus ending the vile discord we are witnessing in politics, on the streets, in our schools and the endless shooting and violence being committed. 

 

Another phrase attributed to Indians is:

 

There are too many Chiefs and not enough Indians!

 

As of October 8, 2025 this is exactly what is happening in the U. S. Congress when it shut down the government in what is nothing more than a political attack on a sitting U. S. President, nothing else!  They all want to be the Chief, no one wants to be the Indian.  Everyone thinks they and only they know what is best for everyone else including you and me!  They are wrong!  They are ALL wrong!  They have forgotten who works for whom?  They all work for We The People!  They have forgotten that!  At present, they all are working for their own positions, their own power and their own wealth and their 2 minutes of fame before the TV Cameras whenever they can get it!  That was NEVER the intent of the Founding Fathers!

 

It goes way beyond politics.  Who is going to bring YOU, THEIR broken arrow?  Every one of us needs more peace in their lives, less hassle, zero arguments, less violence and better health.  Everyone is fighting their own battles whether that be financial, relationships, spiritual, or health.  I can vouch for the last one – health!  Without your health, you have very little to fall back on.  I’ll ask you again, who is going to bring you their broken arrow?

 

Here's an even better question, I hope you are sitting down!  To whom have you given YOUR broken arrow(s) to?  How many have you freely given to others?  Do you know of anyone who could use the message of receiving YOUR “broken arrow?”

 

At the time I created my own “personal mission statement,” I never considered the “broken arrow” meaning.  I worked for days creating my statement which is:

 

To help other people to do what they do to do it better!

 

In my own way, I was giving to others, a broken arrow of sorts.  I wanted them to become the best they could be and if I could help; all the better!  That is how I look upon the many Nuggets for the Noggin I have written over the years (easily over 800 of them).  If no one reads them or if some read them and get nothing from them, no harm, no foul.  But if just one person takes the message intended and runs with it, I will have accomplished a small goal of my own personal mission statement. 

 

Why should everyone have such a statement?  I am so glad you asked.  I have a friend and mentor who is also a speaker and author, Joe Tye.  He created what he calls a Direction-Deflection-Question (DDQ).  Using my own personal mission statement as the example, here is how it works. 

 

I was listening to a boat load of music from my past while relaxing on the patio.  I heard Rod Stewart sing Broken Arrow and I immediately went to my Desktop and began writing.  I asked myself the DDQ Question.  Is what I am about to write taking me toward or taking me away from my stated Personal Mission Statement.  If I believed, and I do, that someone might read what I am writing at this very moment and use what I have written to share THEIR Broken Arrow with someone who in need of receiving it, I will have accomplished a small part of my goal would you not agree?  Are you the one reader who will share their broken arrow with someone in need?  I certainly hope so.  If not, try sharing this Nugget with others and just maybe they will share their broken arrow with someone in need.

 

And for God’s sake, “Don’t (ever) stop thinking about tomorrow!”  That’s an order!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hGhl7ki3HM&list=RD0hGhl7ki3HM&start_radio=1

 

Here’s my “virtual broken arrow”, just for you!