Depends On What You Mean by A-Lister....

My sweet friends, Gigi (creator of the aweSOME Empress button, oh--yah) of KludgyMom, and Melissa of MieletLait, have created an amazing and much needed niche-filler of a website known as TheBlogger'sConcierge.

How I wish there would have been a go-to resource like this for a newbie like me back on Feb. 27. Visiting and joining their site will save you a lot of spills, chills, and not so pleasant thrills. Gigi and Melissa are two friendly, kind, smart, and techno savvy women who will help you with whatever you wish your blog to be.

This post is prepared in response to their post today requesting A-Lister submissions. Here's my take on "Being an A-Lister." I hope I am successful in conveying something you can relate to. (which is my wish...always.)
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Being an A-lister. Say that over a few times, what does it mean to you? Google defines an A-lister as someone who is perceived as major, massive, leading, cool, outstanding,what everyone else is talking about, those above the regular masses.

The key to that definition is in the word perceived. Those that are PERCEIVED. What google doesn't tell us is perceived by whom? With that working definition, we are ALL A-LISTERS. If we perceive ourselves that way, then we are.

This is not a "feel-good believe it and be it pep rally" post, but rather one that allows me to write a post stating why I can be an A-lister, right?

What if I think that I am all that? What if I think that what I do is good, and that the people who come back think I'm good? So, then, that makes me perceive that TheEmpress has got it goin' on. Perceive is a big part of the definition, remember.

It is with this premise in mind, that I submit this post to TheBlogger'sConcierge for review as to why I think I'm an A-Lister.

I can call myself an A-Lister because my readers come back and make me feel that I am.

I can call myself an A-Lister because I carefully prepare what I write, so my readers don't feel they wasted their time coming here.

I can call myself an A-Lister because I truly like all the internet friends I've made, and I hope I've made them feel as wanted as they've made me feel.

I can call myself an A-Lister because I try very hard to visit everyone that comes here, it may take a week, but I try.

I can call myself an A-Lister because I care about the people that come here, and if I can help them in any way that they need it, I try to.

An A-Lister is someone who tries to make the world a little bit better, in whatever way they can, with whatever gift or ability they've been given. It's not about stats, or number of comments you get per post, or how many people are following you.

So, now, I don't have to feel that I'm banging my drum, tooting my horn, crowing about, calling myself an A-Lister, because according to the above, an A-Lister is all good things.

My sincere hope is that all of you reading this also submit yourselves for the A-List at Gigi's and Melissa's place, because I truly believe that all the women I've met since I began this blog, are A-Listers. Click over to TheBlogger'sConcierge and link up your post telling what makes you unique, and something that brightens our lives out here in the virtual world. Don't discount yourself as an A-lister because you think you don't have the street creds of large masses of followers, or beaucoup comments.

Knowing Gigi and Melissa the way I do, the A-Lister definition to them is not about numbers, analytics, followers, but about you and your special place in the blogosphere. So, go out of your comfort zone, link up, and write a post on why YOU are an A-Lister. [placing PomPoms down on floor now--sorry, lied about the pep rally part]

Peace.

P.S. good things can happen when you step out of your comfort zone. That's how I started this blog...