Bollywood actor Vidya Balan, on Monday, penned a long note on her social media about the importance of self-love and acceptance.

Taking to Instagram, Vidya dropped two pictures which she captioned, “A few days ago, at an event this pretty girl comes upto me for a pic …There was a crowd and i was trying to do as many pics as possible. People were jostling and in the middle of this chaos, the girl was back for another pic. My manager (who is very sharp) promptly told her, ‘aapne toh le liya…plz aur nahi’. To which she said, ‘galat side se liya, main achchi nahi lag rahi ,yeh post nahi kar paungi’. She was miserable & followed me to the car, relentless in her pursuit to get the perfect picture ..almost making it sound like her life depended on it..I obliged …I then got into the car bemused…and it made me think.”

In both the pictures, the ‘Tumhari Sulu’ actor shared mirror selfies in which she could be seen showing her right and left face profiles.

“You know ive always preferred my left profile over my right…but overtime as i started on this journey of trying to love & accept myself a little more each day,i realised that liking one profile meant liking one part of me to the exclusion of the other…because the truth is that i not only liked my left but also disliked my right profile.I would tell photographers & cinematographers to avoid shooting me from the right…I would be scared if someone shot me from the right cuz i thought it was my ugly side. It was almost like the fear of being found out,” Vidya added to her caption.