It is Bollywood's  one of the chirpiest and brightest actresses, Sonali Bendre’s birthday. The stunning actress stole hearts with her beautiful performances in many Bollywood films and flicks from other languages too. However, she had taken a sabbatical from her career for some months as she was diagnosed with high grade cancer. However, the fighter that she is, battled it successfully. She took the treatment from the same in the US and was posting time to time on Instagram about her feelings during this tough time. Sonali Bendre Is Planning to Make a Comeback in Bollywood!.

These Instagram posts could be anytime bookmarked by those who are going through any kind of hurdle in life. The actress whose family was in India was taking one day at a time to adjust to this new life. She emerged as a phoenix bird and her fans are so, so proud of her. Throughout this journey, she posted some wonderful things on the photo-sharing app and the captions were totally inspiring. So, here are five of her best motivational posts that will give you a fresh perspective to start your new year and decade, on a positive note.

Wise, Wise Words

 

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World Cancer Day… who would have thought it would become such a thing… but it has! And just the mere mention of the C word brings dread in the hearts of anyone who hears it. We fear it so much that we’d rather not talk about it… which is why it’s important to have a day where we pull out the band aid and help us deal with this disease. I was scared too, but soon realised that burying my head in the sand was not the way to deal with this. And so… with the little experience I have had, I urge you all to take the time to understand it. There's more to cancer than being emotional or weak or even being called a fighter or a survivor. It requires you to study it, find out what works for you and to be diligent about your treatment. It requires days of strongly believing in oneself, of knowing that tomorrow will be better than today. It is not a fight against negative thoughts. It's taking a stand to not give in, no matter what. Most importantly, it is about living every day, and not just surviving. Just taking it #OneDayAtATime makes it easier to #SwitchOnTheSunshine. #WorldCancerDay

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Self Love

 

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“I knew that if I allowed fear to overtake me, my journey was doomed. Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves, and so I chose to tell myself a different story from the one women are told. I decided I was safe. I was strong. I was brave. Nothing could vanquish me.” – Cheryl Strayed, Wild. Over the past couple of months, I have had good days and bad ones. There have been days when I’ve been so exhausted and in so much pain that even lifting a finger hurt. I feel like sometimes it’s a cycle… one that starts off with physical pain and leads to mental and emotional pain. The bad days have been many… Post chemo, post-surgery and the like… where even just laughing hurts. Sometimes it felt like it took everything I’ve had to push past it… a minute to minute battle with myself. I got through it knowing that even though I was fighting a long drawn out, draining battle… it was one that was worth the fight. It’s important to remember that we’re allowed to have those bad days. Forcing yourself to be happy and cheerful all the time serves no purpose. Who are we being fake and putting on an act for? I allowed myself to cry, to feel the pain, to indulge in self-pity… for a short while. Only you know what you’re going through and it is fine to accept it. Emotions aren’t wrong. Feeling negative emotions isn’t wrong. But after a point, identify it, recognize it and refuse to let it control your life. It takes an immense amount of self-care to get out of that zone. Sleep always helps, or having my favourite smoothie after chemo, or just talking to my son. For now, as my treatment continues… my visual focus remains to just get better and get back home. It’s yet another test… Student all my life… Learning all my life… #OneDayAtATime 📷: @srishtibehlarya

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Stay Grateful, No Matter What

Be Fun

Read.Relax.Rejoice.Repeat

 

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Read.Relax.Rejoice.Repeat 😄

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It is indeed hearty to see such moving posts in the world of being all ‘cute and (fake) candid.’ As we start a fresh year, we would like to share these pearls of wisdom by the Bollywood diva that you can keep it handy when you are tempted to curse the universe for showing you a hard time! We hope to see the actress on the big screen in 2020 and we wish her a very happy birthday and a happy new year!

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jan 01, 2020 09:00 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).