Same shit different day, lies only in the eyes of the beholder!

Wanted to post this for a while now ( forgot that it was even there)

Even though I sometimes say this when in a bad mood I was struck by this response after I asked it to an old man, what got me was that he always gave the same reply so then I asked him about it. And he wasn't very happy with his life because he lived for tomorrow and a dream of tomorrow but he didn't live in the day. It is nice to sometimes think that if today isn't great and maybe tomorrow would be different but what happens when tomorrow becomes today and you keep on looking towards other tomorrows instead of simply trying to enjoy today.
Anyways I came upon the conclusions below ( subject to change if I turn about 60 and gain the cynical wisdom from age)

Same shit different day...only applies to if you are so stuck in your ways that you take the same path everyday and notice only the same things! Or should I say notice the things that you were trained to look for. Everyday is amazing there is a hundred zillion new things to learn, or observe. ( I think thats why I think too much, observing everything and wondering, but at least it makes each day different!)
How about taking a different path, listening to or entertaining a different opinion, trying something new or would you rafter live safely and very boring the society that was created for you?