Studying things is one way to learn about something. You can observe it and take lots of notes on its size and shape or even is color and smell. But it will not mean that you actually know it. That’s because knowing is based on something deeper and more profound. It’s about something sacred and deep.

You can’t study people, you can only get to know them. 

C.S. Lewis

It’s something I have found to be the most rewarding part of life, especially in the past few years.

Getting to know someone and learning about who they have been made uniquely to be is the most fascinating non-fiction out there. The depth of a relationship can be easily measured with the same terms C.S. Lewis put it in.

If you merely desire to learn about someone than that relationship will be drab and boring as you may expect.

On the other hand, if you are brave and willing to know and known, life is beautiful and you will find it all an adventure.