No best friend. For good reason.

When hiring someone to do a job, I want someone competent. Not necessarily the best.  The one deemed the best, may not be. After all, it’s a judgment call. I also am reluctant to single out a ‘best’ friend.  That would be a judgment, too, on my other friends. Better to settle for having many good friends. Of course, I have more acquaintances than friends. Some are good acquaintances. Without ever being the ‘best’ one. Because they probably have risen to the lofty plateau of true friendship. --Jim Broede