Coincidence or thought transference?

I'm recovering from a knee injury and although I can now drive and ride a bike I can only walk slowly with a walking stick. I can't bend down to tie my shoe laces and have to put my foot on a step or low wall to tie them up. As I walked towards the station to get the first Sunday train another man appeared and crossed the road to walk about 3 metres ahead of me. We were the only 2 people in the street. Despite my stick, I was walking about the same speed as him. I suddenly realised my right shoe lace was working loose and thought to myself I needed to look for a low wall to rest my foot on so I could retie the lace.<br /> Just as I thought that, the man in front of me deviated slightly from the pavement, and raised his right foot onto a low wall (but one too high for me) to retie his own right shoe lace!