What energizes the Introverted Soul?

A lot of time is spent here trying to define the Introvert, and the benefits and hindrances introversion has on leadership. One concept that keeps coming up is what energizes the Introvert, and we conclude that solitude and rest energizes the Introvert, where action and social activity energizes the Extrovert.

As the Introverted Soul, I totally concur with this definition, and as I've said, I see strong relation between many qualities of the Introvert and a healthy spiritual life (but of course, I am biased). However, I have landed on something that energizes me besides "alone time" and I guess it shouldn't come as a suprise considering what I do for a living.

It dawned me the other day after playing music for a group of students at a local church. After a normal workday (complete with tiresome social interactions:) I headed to lead worship for a group of about 15 students. Including set-up, rehearsal, and hanging out afterwards, this left me getting home at about 9:15 that night...You'd think that the Introverted Soul would have no desire to work a full day, voluntarily go and put on the extroverted hat for a very small group of people, until late in the evening. But I left that place completely refueled and happy as a clam!

Here some reasons why:
1. When in front of a crowd leading worship, it's more of a one on one time with me and God rather than something I'm doing in front of a bunch of people where I need to put the extrovert hat. Obviously I can't neglect my duties of leading the group, but I've found that the times when I'm more focused on the people in the room than I am on the Lord, I get distracted, I have the wrong motives, and my energy is drained. When I'm involved with authentic worship with the Lord, he tends to always fill my cup to overflowing.
2. For some reason, playing music transports me to another place...cue "Twilight Zone" theme...I know it sounds weird, but it simply brings something out of me. Or maybe a better way to say it is that it quiets those distractions around me and inside me, and it frees me to go to a place of peace and rest. Being the Introverted Soul, any time I can get some peace and rest is a good thing!
3. Quite simply, because I'm hitting in my sweet spot. I played a lot of baseball when I was younger, and nothing felt better than connecting the bat with the ball in the sweet spot of the bat...where you almost don't even feel it happen, there's no vibration, and you hit a line drive into the gap with what seems like less effort. Hitting in the sweet spot is an indescribable sensation. That's how I feel about what I get to do...It just feels right! I love the Church...I love leading the Church in worship of our Holy God, and I personally love doing that through music. I feel like I'm at batting practice and hitting line drives from the sweet spot almost everyday...what a blessing!