is reasonably made. Jones v. State, 467 N.E.2d 681, 684 (Ind.1984). Where the trial court finds the existence of aggravating or mitigating circumstances, it is required to state its reasons for the sentence imposed. Ind.Code § 35-38-1-3. The statement should include an identification of the significant aggravating and mitigating circumstances, specific facts and reasons leading the court to find the existence of such circumstances, and an articulation demonstrating that the mitigating and aggravating circumstances have been evaluated and balanced in determining the sentence. Harris v. State, 659 N.E.2d 522, 527-528 (Ind. 1995). However, the finding of mitigating circumstances is not required and falls within the trial court’s discretion. Id. at 528; see also Jones, 467 N.E.2d at 684 (<HOLDING>). Further, “[a] trial court is not obligated to
holding that it was appropriate for the trial court to find that lack of a prior criminal record was not a mitigating factor in light of the violent nature of the crime committed holding that under  5k213 no departure may be given where the crime was violent in nature holding that the illinois crime of failure to report for imprisonment is not a violent felony for purposes of the armed career criminal act holding that the district court did not err in finding the record sufficient to conclude prior conviction qualified as a violent felony for purposes of the acca as the evidence was sufficient to conclude the criminal action charged in one court was the basis for a judgment against the defendant in a different court holding that trial judges do not have discretion to reject a mitigating factor altogether despite evidence in the record