Sometimes. The vow of silence was one of the best things I ever did, I think we spend a lot of time communicating with each other and not enough communicating with ourselves. It made me much more sure of my own mind than I had ever been. As for the isolation, it seems like God (or the universe or whatever) provides right at the last second. I've known a lot of fantastic people, and I carry their love and friendship with me. Some I miss more than others, of course. And over the last while I seem to be seeing a lot of the same people over and over, and actually we are all in a similar situation here. Not knowing how long until someone goes, or returns.
Yeah, I think I've accidentally caused a few parallels along the way. And deliberately a couple times too. We used to call them traveling 'sideways' but people here seem to think it's parralel. I think the difference is that two parralel lines never meet, whereas I think there are joins, like the points on a railway line changing.
Don't worry, I'm not actually upset about it. Doubt I ever would've achieved much if I hadn't followed fate. We all have different purposes and strengths.
(This amount of babble is why occasional mutism is good for me.)