One drop of rain on your window pane, doesn't mean to say there's a thunderstorm coming...' So goes the old 60s pop hit, 'Storm In A Teacup'. It is so true. A few splashes of water from the sky can just as easily signify a light, passing shower. But if we are living in expectation of a deluge, we will take this as confirmation that the time has come to open the ark and start loading on the animals two by two. Conversely, one ray of sunshine doesn't guarantee a heatwave. Even so, things do look as if they are brightening up for you.Welcome to the puzzle page. I'm going to give you some clues, then you must take one letter from each of the answers and rearrange them to create the name of a person that will teach you to go around making assumptions. And anyway, your whole life currently resembles a conundrum. You've got this problem to solve, that issue to resolve and then a whole series of complex choices to make, based on minimal information. So it's a good job you are so smart.I'm tempted to say that the pace of life, for you, is about to move up a gear. But that statement may give the wrong impression. In high gears, vehicles more easily maintain a pace that they have already attained. It is in the lower gears that rapid acceleration takes place. So maybe I should say that you are stepping down a gear. You will soon feel as if you have to push harder, overcome more resistance and fight for the progress that you yearn to make. But you will start to make it. That's the key thing. So you don't need to worry.
 Most small children would happily subsist on a diet of candy. They don't care if it's bad for them, they just like the taste. And if you try to feed them some nutritious dish that they hate the taste of? You won't get far, just by telling them how much their body stands to benefit. Are adults much different? Well, when it comes to diet some of us may be a little wiser. Still, though, we tend to feel that if something is enjoyable, it must be good for us. And vice versa. You need to apply a different kind of logic than that to your own life today.Why were you placed on this planet? Was there a function that only you could fulfil? A role that only you could play? Or perhaps, more modestly, a contribution that only you could make? You think you are not that special? Think again! You are one of a kind. There really never has been anyone quite like you before and nor will there ever be again. There may be similarities between you and various other people but that doesn't make you identical. Today, the thing about you that is most unique is also the key to the greatest success.What's the worst that can happen? What's the best? What's the reality? This much, I can promise. It isn't going to be the worst - or the best! No matter how good things get, there is always the possibility that in some way, at some level, there could have been an improvement. And no matter how bad, well, even at the bottom of the deepest barrel there is always a further insult that could be added to the injury. So, having established that you are safe from both extremes, how close to the middle can you hope to get?