God is love and love is our true nature. When we seek happiness from people or objects we don't notice that love but get lost in the desire. Try to remember a time when you felt simple love. Relive that experience and realize that is who you really are. Then you will feel God's presence and be in that peace. You put your attention on the love and that becomes your experience.
I hope this helps.
Keep trying. You can get there.
This is just my personal feeling.