What does “losing our peace” mean?

Let’s look at something that happens every day.

Here’s easy one: traffic. Someone cuts you off and immediately you think They broke the rules! How dare they! you get angry.

Your pulse jumps, maybe there’s some honking, fingers are flying out the window, nasty looks, passing them angrily. Do you follow them?
Is there road rage? How far does this go?

Or maybe you don't do any of that, but your driving totally changes. You drive angry for the rest of the day and get home miffed. Your morning started off so well—a nice cup of coffee, a warm donut, a kiss goodbye. One bad driver and poof, all of that is gone.

Or maybe it happens at work: A coworker makes a little comment about your shoes or your pants, and now it’s just circling in your mind. Or maybe they took your favorite desk, now you have to sit somewhere else, and suddenly you feel like your whole day is ruined.

We run into this stuff all the time. There’s always some narrative that our mind goes into and keeps going unless something gets us out of it.

The car thing alone sounds like a streaming show. One rude gesture, one dirty look, and an entire season of revenge and car chases takes off! A single conversation at work can fuel drama going!

Now, these are just quick, momentary situations that catch us off guard. Losing our peace can also be a long-term thing—like burnout, bad sleep, a frayed relationship—and we’ll definitely talk about those in another episode. But this daily stuff? It's so normal. This is how we are used to reacting pretty much everyday.

What is “the Peace” then?