At times we wish we could be all alone with no one to bother us and we can get things done our way and get it done quickly.
There might be times when we think that having others around and having to work with them is really a chore and troublesome.
But we have to acknowledge the truth of what the Lord God said in the 1st reading: It is not good that man should be alone.
As much as we may desire to be alone by ourselves for some time, it can be quite unimaginable to be all alone for a long time and more so by choice.
And it is also quite unimaginable that Jesus would reject that Syrophoenician woman her request for her daughter's healing of the demonic possession.
There could be many explanations for His initial cold dialogue with that woman, but in the end He granted her request.
Jesus probably knew that the woman was already all alone trying to find a cure for her daughter, and she was at the end of her desperation.
Jesus will also not leave us alone to fight our battles.
But like that Syrophoenician woman, we must persist and persevere and put our faith in the Lord Jesus.
Jesus will always be by our side even if no one else want to be.