Destiny vs. Thought vs. Psychic
Depending on which book you pick up, you might adapt an opinion about how this world works and what powers we have and don't have in it.
I have read a fair amount of books including everything from the Kabbalah Centre to The Secret, Various Law of Attraction books, Books on Angels & Spirit Guides, What the Bleep..., Astrology, Numerology, Tarot, Brian Weiss's collections on reincarnation and now Michael Dooley's Infinite Possibilities.
I have a very valid debate going on in my mind now between destiny, thoughts becoming things and our psychic abilities.
For most of my life I have considered signs and synchronicity proof that something was meant to be. But now I have doubts.
For example... I think about a person and a moment later they walk into the restaurant I'm dining in. Is this a sign of something meant to be with this person? or did my thought just attract them there and it's my power that creates my reality? ... or do we all have some sort of sixth sense or psychic ability and our minds eye puts that person in our thought right before they walk in the room...
The more I practice turning my thoughts into things or the law of attraction, I believe we really do have complete control of everything we create in this world. But is there still some help from above? Was it my destiny to discover how powerful I can be? If I'm the one creating, then why does astrology seem so exact? Do we become like our sign or are we really built based on where the planets were at our birth? Maybe there is a basic blueprint for each of us and we take it from there. And if thoughts become things is our right now possibly based on thoughts our soul had in a past life?
It's very easy to pick one of these paths and make it your reality. Maybe only in time each of us will be able to know with certainty what's really going on here.
Of course, whatever you believe we do always have freewill even if something is "destined".
Ultimately, "your focus will determine your reality".