Nina Yoakum:
CLASS OF 1977
Southwest High SchoolClass of 1977
Kansas city, MO
Nina's Story
Nina is from Kansas City, Missouri. Nina's schools include Southwest High School.
Music Nina likes includes Siedah Garrett Fan Page, Josh Groban, Adele. Books Nina likes include For the Love of Babies, To Kill a Mockingbird, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Movies Nina likes include Harold & Maude, Buddy The Elf, Mamma Mia!. TV shows Nina likes include CBS This Morning, Smash, Meet the Press.
One of Nina's favorite quotes is:"Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans!
Don't let those people live rent free inside your head!
But remember too that the ultimate irony of faith is that it necessarily admits doubt. It is the belief in things not seen. It is beyond our capacity as human beings to know with certainty what God has planned for us or what He asks of us, and those of us who believe must trust that His wisdom is greater than our own.
This doubt should not push us away from our faith. But it should humble us. It should temper our passions, and cause...Expand for more
us to be wary of self-righteousness. It should compel us to remain open, and curious, and eager to continue the moral and spiritual debate that began for so many of you within the walls of Notre Dame. And within our vast democracy, this doubt should remind us to persuade through reason, through an appeal whenever we can to universal rather than parochial principles, and most of all through an abiding example of good works, charity, kindness, and service that moves hearts and minds.
For if there is one law that we can be most certain of, it is the law that binds people of all faiths and no faith together. It is no coincidence that it exists in Christianity and Judaism; in Islam and Hinduism; in Buddhism and humanism. It is, of course, the Golden Rule - the call to treat one another as we wish to be treated. The call to love. To serve. To do what we can to make a difference in the lives of those with whom we share the same brief moment on this Earth. - President Barack Obama".
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