Attaining peace is simply letting go of all the thoughts that bind us.
Simple, yet I am a long way from achieving it. For me, some thoughts take time for them to lessen their hold.
For other thoughts, it is distance. It is far easier to find peace by going on a long-distance vacation.
Being aware of those thoughts that bind me allows me to accept them and simply realize they are there. Accepting them also diminishes them.
It is like being tied by rope, the more you fight the tighter the ropes become.