In life, we're given a lot. We're also given a lot of a few things. Love, it seems, is one of those things that we are given a lot and have a lot to give. Romantic movie moments have always been my favorite outlet for love -- in their innocence, in their honesty.

Movie magic creates a space in which people are free to dream for their future and dream for a different present. Among these dreams are some reasons why we should all take a lesson from these romantic, mushy movies that most girls pretend not to like but curl up in front of on lonely rainy nights.

1. The brave characters

They don't cower behind "I don't know" or "whatever." They're brave. They take chances. They will climb a Ferris wheel to talk to a girl they're just met to beg for a date. They will scream up to a window and yell the girls name until she answers him. They will write letters for years if only to be replied to. These men and women of romance are not afraid and they don't hide behind their cell phones. There's a reason why we don't see people texting one another these great truths about love. These things need to be yelled at the top of one's lungs.

2. The romantic gestures

When the disgruntled boy from "A Walk to Remember" built his dying girlfriend a telescope -- literally a telescope -- we all swooned. Wouldn't it be crazy for someone nowadays to do more than hold our hands an kiss us to heal us and actually do labors of love for their better half? Why can't a lady of today's generation step up and squeeze into those leather skinny pants and dance away the end of the school year with that boy she loves? Why do we assume people should change for us when these movies we love teach us to compromise.

3. The adventure

These movie couples take a roller-coaster ride called a relationship, and we watch, imagining ourselves strapped into the next seat, screaming when they scream, laughing when they laugh. We sometimes get caught in "waiting" relationships, waiting in line, hoping to get on that roller coaster of love, but it never comes. Where is the adventure in waiting? Why do we settle for the back of the ride when the line for the front seat is always shorter? Live a little, love a little.

4. The hope

There's nothing better than getting to the end of that two-hour movie to finally see the curtain turn to black and like a "Breakfast at Tiffany's" feeling you'll be overwhelmed with happiness and joy. You feel like maybe that guy you've been crushing on could actually want you back. Hope turns to confidence, and confidence to courage, and courage to a yes or no from that beau. Be hopeful. You're never worth more than you think you are, so get out there and make some movie magic for yourself.

Kiss in the rain. Dance in the kitchen. These movie moments aren't folklore. They're real-life moments cast with different actors and thrown on your movie screen for your enjoyment. So enjoy life a little.