Life is Like a Bocce Game: Get Inside to the Pallino Ball

Perhaps life is like a bocce game....

Original Photo: Life is Like a Bocce Game - Copyright James E. Martin 2012

I attended a wedding event for friends this past weekend at a vineyard. The Zorvino Vineyards in Sandown, New Hampshire had two bocce ball courts on site. Some of the older gentleman were discussing their bocce experience. I don't recall having any.

You or someone else throws out the white Pallino ball on the court. It becomes the target and focus for ongoing strategies. Then you roll the balls allotted to you as close to the target ball as possible. That is getting on the Inside. The better you roll, the smaller your radius of probability from the Pallino ball. Offensively, you can knock others away from the Pallino. Defensively, you may protect your best rolls with other ball rolls. Closest to the Pallino scores points.Once you have released all your allotted balls, score is documented for that Frame and a new Frame is initiated. Accumulate points over time to win.

I think I may get to roll a new Pallino in a new Frame. I am glad that it is colored White. Seems clean, fresh, and innocent. Perhaps life is like a bocce ball game. Now where should I roll that Pallino for this next Frame?