Book cover titled "The Inside Matters: Four Truths to Carry With You" by Allen Dekeyser, featuring a yellow background with an illustration of a sharpened yellow pencil with a metallic band near the tip, and a faint heraldic crest with lions, a crown, and a heart in the background.

The Inside Matters is a short, powerful book for all ages — built around the life lessons we can learn from a simple pencil.

With warmth and wisdom, Allen uses this everyday object to teach deeper truths: about pain, growth, purpose, and remembering what really counts. Each chapter unpacks one of four truths, grounded in faith and experience.

Through storytelling, scripture, and reflection, this book invites you to live life with intention and purpose — knowing the most powerful part of you isn’t what others see… it’s what’s within.

✏️ Inside This Book:

Four Core Truths: Pain Sharpens Us, Mistakes Can Be Erased, We’re Meant to Leave a Mark, and What’s Inside Matters Most
Pencil-Themed Illustrations Per Chapter
Reflection Prompts, Prayers, and Affirmations
A bonus section for kids: “Write Your Own Truth” page

Bonus Content:

Scripture & Affirmations Printable Page
Coloring Page: “Truths of the Pencil”
About the Author: Allen Dekeyser, a man who’s lived every word of this book

💬 “This book is short, sweet, and real — and it hits harder than most novels. I’ll never look at a pencil the same again.”