Well, I think that everyone is capable of being “deep” and complex, but not everyone reveals their complexities to the world, and some just have trouble communicating them. We can never really know what is inside someone, but I think we should just trust that they are as complicated, deep, and pbumionate as we are, even though most of their depth will remain hidden to us.

Some people may be afraid of trying new things, of branching out from the paths carved by others, because they fear ridicule. Others may doubt themselves, feel that their complexities are contradictions (but all of us are really a mess of contradictions, aren’t we?), and thus just do what is expected of them for fear of saying something they will later be unable to explain.

I think that it is important for people to be patient with each other — as you say, just spending moments together — in order to draw one another’s complexities to the surface. In time, we will see glimpses of what makes each other person unique and worth knowing.