Samantha Ruth Prabhu recently visited Serbia’s Church of Saint Sava as she completed one year of her myositis diagnosis, an autoimmune condition.
Last year, Samantha took a sabbatical from work after being diagnosed with a rare autoimmune condition. She received a medical diagnosis while she was filming for her Telugu movie Kushi.
On Thursday, Samantha took to Instagram and shared pictures of her visiting the church and wrote a long note about seeking medical help for her health and admitting to professional failures after the debacle of Shaakuntalam. She wrote, “It’s been one year since the diagnosis. A year of forced new normal. Many battles with my body… no salt, sugar or grains with a cocktail of meds for main course, forced shutdowns and forced restarts. A year of seeking meaning, reflection and introspection. Of professional failures too… to make things more interesting. A year of prayers and poojas… not praying for blessings and gifts… but praying to just find strength and peace.”
She further said, “A year that has taught me that not everything goes your way all the time. And more importantly, that it’s ok when it doesn’t. That I must control the controllables, let go off the rest, and keep moving forward one step at a time. That sometimes it’s not about grand successes, but that functioning forward is in itself a win. That I mustn’t sit around waiting for things to be perfect again or wallowing in the past. That I must hang on to love and those I love… and not give hate the power to affect me.”
Concluding her long note, she wrote, “There will be so many of you fighting far harder battles. I pray for you too. The Gods may delay, but they never deny. They never deny peace, love, joy and strength to those who seek it. The only things worth seeking.”
Meanwhile, on the work front, Samantha is currently shooting for her upcoming web-series Citadel alongside Varun Dhawan in Serbia. She will next be seen in the Telugu rom-com Kushi alongside Vijay Deverakonda.
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